Table 1.
Anthropometrics and training data in four different sports. Data are means (±SD).
| CC skiing | Swimming | LD running | Soccer | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ♂ (n = 62) | ♀ (n =87) | ♂ (n= 71) | ♀ (n =83) | ♂ (n = 67) | ♀ (n = 76) | ♂ (n = 62) | ♀ (n = 66) | ♂ (n = 262) | ♀ (n = 312) | |
| Age (years) | 24.0 (4.1) | 21.8 (4.3)* | 19.0 (2.9) | 18.3 (2.9) | 25.3 (5.2) | 23.5 (5.3)* | 22.9 (3.0) | 21.1 (3.8)* | 22.7 (4.6) | 21.2 (4.5)** |
| Height (m) | 1.80 (.06) | 1.68 (.05)** | 1.84 (.07) | 1.70 (.06)** | 1.80 (.06) | 1.67 (.05)** | 1.83 (.06) | 1.67 (.06)** | 1.82 (.06) | 1.68 (.06)** |
| Body weight (kg) | 74.0 (6.1) | 59.3 (5.5)** | 78.8 (8.4) | 62.0 (6.7)** | 66.8 (6.6) | 53.5 (5.1)** | 78.8 (6.1) | 62.1 (7.0)** | 74.6 (8.5) | 59.2 (7.0)** |
| BMI (kg·m-2) | 22.8 (1.1) | 20.9 (1.4)** | 23.3 (1.8) | 21.4 (1.9)** | 20.6 (1.3) | 19.2 (1.3)** | 23.6 (1.2) | 22.2 (1.8)** | 22.6 (1.8) | 20.9 (1.9)** |
| CMP (days/year) | 43.9 (28.4) | 34.5 (25.7)* | 14.5 (15.6) | 12.0 (10.9) | 20.5 (25.0) | 12.0 (19.1)* | 11.4 (11.5) | 18.0 (20.4)* | 22.2 (24.4) | 19.5 (21.9) |
| Compet. (n/year) | 28.0 (7.7) | 26.0 (8.5) | 12.6 (6.6) | 11.8 (5.4) | 19.8 (11.4) | 18.1 (11.8) | 30.1 (13.4) | 32.4 (14.3) | 22.2 (12.2) | 21.6 (12.7) |
| RestTR(days/week) | 0.8 (0.5) | 0.9 (0.4) | 1.1 (0.6) | 1.1 (0.3) | 0.6 (0.6) | 0.9 (0.5)** | 1.3 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.6) | 1.0 (0.6) | 1.1 (0.5)* |
| RestC (days/week) | 1.2 (0.6) | 1.2 (0.5) | 1.4 (0.8) | 1.2 (0.5) | 0.9 (0.7) | 1.3 (0.7)** | 1.7 (0.5) | 1.6 (0.5) | 1.3 (0.7) | 1.3 (0.6) |
| Start training (age) | 7.4 (2.7) | 7.8 (3.4) | 8.0 (2.1) | 8.0 (2.2) | 11.7 (3.9) | 12.6 (5.5) | 6.2 (1.6) | 7.8 (2.3)** | 8.4 (3.4) | 9.0 (4.1) |
| Tr years | 12.9 (4.1) | 10.7 (4.6)* | 10.1 (2.9) | 9.7 (3.2) | 11.8 (5.3) | 9.1 (4.7)* | 15.1 (3.6) | 12.5 (3.6)** | 12.4 (4.4) | 10.4 (4.3)** |
| Tr hours | 594 (161) | 522 (142)* | 779 (340) | 755 (309) | 568 (283) | 532 (220) | 584 (262) | 445 (144)* | 636 (285) | 566 (242)* |
| Compet. hours | 17.4 (7.3) | 10.1 (7.4)** | 2.6 (12.8) | 0.7 (1.3) | 8.4 (9.5) | 7.1 (8.0) | 45.3 (20.1) | 47.8 (21.7) | 17.9 (21.0) | 14.8 (20.7) |
CC = Cross-country, LD = Long distance, BMI = body mass index, CMP = camping days, Compet. = competitions, RestTR = rest days during training season, RestC = rest days during competition season, Tr years = training years at least 2 times/wk, Tr hours = training hours in a year (hours/year, all kind of exercise), Compt. Hours = competition hours in a year.* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 Differences are shown between male and female in each sport and all sports together.