Table 5.

Crude Odds Ratios for Demographic and Lower Extremity Functional Test Scores for All (Combined Sample) Female Division III Athletes (N = 210).

Characteristic	(N) at risk	All Injuries (%)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Thigh/Knee Injuries (%)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	Ankle/Foot Injuries	Odds Ratio (95% CI)
Age (y)
20 or above	70	(21)	1.0 (Referent)	(10)	1.0 (Referent)	(7)	1.0 (Referent)
19 or below	140	(19)	0.8 (0.4, 1.7)	(10)	1.0 (0.4, 2.6)	(7)	1.0 (0.3, 3.0)
Years in University (y)
3 or more	72	(24)	1.0 (Referent)	(11)	1.0 (Referent)	(7)	1.0 (Referent)
2 or less	138	(17)	0.7 (0.3, 1.4)	(10)	0.8 (0.3, 2.1)	(6)	0.8 (0.3, 2.2)
Age Starting Sport (y)
10 or younger	91	(28)	1.0 (Referent)	(17)	1.0 (Referent)	(9)	1.0 (Referent)
11 or older	119	(13)	0.4 (0.2, 0.8)†	(5)	0.3 (0.1, 0.7)‡	(6)	0.6 (0.2, 1.9)
Prior History of Injury
Yes	147	(22)	1.6 (0.8, 3.7)	(12)	1.9 (0.6, 6.0)	(9)	3.0 (0.6, 13.5)
No	63	(14)	1.0 (Referent)	(6)	1.0 (Referent)	(3)	1.0 (Referent)
Weightlifting
3 hr/wk or less	132	(18)	0.8 (0.4, 1.6)	(11)	1.2 (0.5, 3.1)	(5)	0.5 (0.2, 1.4)
>3 hr/wk	78	(21)	1.0 (Referent)	(9)	1.0 (Referent)	(10)	1.0 (Referent)
Cardiovascular exercise
3 hr/wk or less	69	(13)	0.5 (0.2, 1.1)	(6)	0.4 (0.1, 1.4)	(4)	0.5 (0.1, 1.8)
>3 hr/wk	141	(23)	1.0 (Referent)	(12)	1.0 (Referent)	(9)	1.0 (Referent)
Plyometric exercise
3 hr/wk or less	176	(19)	0.9 (0.4, 2.3)	(9)	0.6 (0.2, 1.7)	(7)	1.3 (0.3, 5.9)
>3 hr/wk	34	(20)	1.0 (Referent)	(15)	1.0 (Referent)	(6)	1.0 (Referent)
Scrimmaging
3 hr/wk or less	144	(17)	0.7 (0.3, 1.3)	(10)	0.9 (0.3, 2.4)	(7)	0.9 (0.3, 2.8)
>3 hr/wk	66	(24)	1.0 (Referent)	(11)	1.0 (Referent)	(8)	1.0 (Referent)
Lower Extremity Functional Test
Cut Score 1
117 sec or less	133	(19)	1.0 (Referent)	(9)	1.0 (Referent)	(8)	1.0 (Referent)
118 sec or more	77	(21)	1.1 (0.6, 2.3)	(12)	1.4 (0.5, 3.3)	(5)	0.6 (0.2, 2.0)
Cut Score 2
120 sec or less	156	(19)	1.0 (Referent)	(8)	1.0 (Referent)	(9)	1.0 (Referent)
121 sec or more	54	(22)	1.3 (0.6, 2.7)	(15)	1.9 (0.7, 4.9)	(2)	0.2 (0.0, 1.5)

†p-value = 0.01; ‡p-value = 0.009