Table 1.
Characteristics of the participants
| Basketball (n=207)
|
Floorball (n=194)
|
All (n=401)
|
P-value† | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys (n=101) | Girls (n=106) | Boys (n=112) | Girls (n=82) | Boys (n=213) | Girls (n=188) | ||
| Age (years) | 15.2±1.6 | 14.6±1.6 | 16.9±1.3 | 16.6±2.0 | 16.1±1.7 | 15.5±2.0 | 0.001** |
| Height (cm) | 17.3±9.4 | 168.5±6.7 | 178.6±6.5 | 166.5±5.7 | 179.0±8.0 | 167.6±6.3 | <0.001** |
| Weight (kg) | 68.9±13.2 | 61.1±9.9 | 70.4±8.9 | 61.2±7.5 | 69.7±11.1 | 61.2±8.9 | <0.001** |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 21.3±3.1 | 21.5±2.9 | 22.0±2.4 | 22.1±2.6 | 21.7±2.7 | 21.7±2.8 | 0.848 |
| Age when started to play (years) | 7.9±2.3 | 8.1±2.3 | 8.2±2.9 | 10.4±2.6 | 8.1±2.6 | 9.1±2.7 | <0.001** |
| Ever played in adult elite league level | |||||||
| Yes (%) | 4.0 | 1.9 | 7.1 | 30.5 | 5.6 | 14.4 | |
| No (%) | 96.0 | 98.1 | 92.9 | 69.3 | 94.4 | 85.6 | |
| Training sessions/week | 4.5±1.4 | 4.1±1.2 | 4.1±1.5 | 3.5±1.0 | 4.3±1.5 | 3.8±1.2 | <0.001** |
| Training hours/week | 9.8±3.2 | 8.9±3.0 | 10.6±4.4 | 9.1±3.1 | 10.2±3.9 | 9.0±3.0 | <0.001** |
| Games/season | 32.7±14.8 | 38.1±17.5 | 37.4±15.4 | 35.7±15.0 | 35.2±15.3 | 37.1±16.5 | 0.237 |
Notes: Values are presented as mean ± standard deviation;
†
P-values for sex differences among all participants;
**
P-value <0.05 considered to be statistically significant.
Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.