Table 4.
Absolute and relative (%) distribution of height and duration of training according to anatomic site affected
| Variable | Characteristic |
Anatomic site |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper limbs | Trunk | Thigh/leg | Knee | Foot/ankle | ||
| Height (m) |
Short 1 |
1(4.3) |
0(0.0) |
3(13.0) |
5(21.7) |
14(61.0)* |
| Tall 2 |
6(12.0) |
2(4.0) |
8(16.0) |
14(28.0)# |
20(40.0)# |
|
| Duration of training (years) | Shorter 3 |
1(5.3) |
0(0.0) |
1(5.3) |
6(31.6) |
11(57.8)* |
| Longer 4 | 6(11.1) | 2(3.7) | 10(18.5) | 13(24.1)# | 23(42.6)# | |
1 cutoff point of lower bound of confidence interval (< 1.67 m) obtained from participants for height variable; 2 cutoff point for upper bound of confidence interval (≥ 1.67 m) obtained from participants for height variable; 3 cutoff point of lower bound of confidence interval (< 5 years) obtained from participants for duration of training; 4 cutoff point of upper bound of confidence interval (≥ 5 years) obtained from participants for duration of training; Goodman’s test for contrasts between and within multinomial populations; values between parentheses are relative frequencies. * Statistically significant differences in relation to upper limbs, trunk and thigh/leg. # Statistically significant differences in relation to upper limbs and trunk.