. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 21.

Published in final edited form as: J Musculoskelet Neuronal Interact. 2014 Jun;14(2):239–243.

Table 1.

Case subject demographic and anthropometric characteristics

Characteristic
Demographics
Age (yr)	94.3
Age started recreational throwing (yr)	6
Age started competitive throwing (yr)	9
Estimated age of adolescent growth spurt (yr)	14
Years throwing before adolescent growth spurt (yr)	8
Age started professional (MiLB/MLB) baseball (yr)	18
Professional (MiLB/MLB) baseball games played (n)	1776
Age ceased throwing (yr)	39
Total years throwing (yr)	33
Years detraining (yr)	55
Whole-body anthropometry
Height (m)	1.74
Mass (kg)	66.9
BMI (kg/m²)	22.1
aBMD (g/cm²)^†	1.27
Lean mass (kg)^†	48.0
Fat mass (%)^†	23.2
Regional anthropometry
Spine aBMD (g/cm²) [T-score]^†	1.08 [−0.1]
Hip aBMD (g/cm²) [T-score]^†	0.93 [−0.7]

MiLB/MLB = Minor/Major League Baseball; BMI = body mass index; aBMD = areal bone mineral density

^†

Obtained using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry