Table 2.

The estimates and p-values of fixed effects of mixed models of performance for each event. The effects on sex are reported with women being the reference sex group and the effects on age are shown with 45–49 years being the reference age group.

	Discus Throw		Hammer Throw		Javelin Throw		Shot Put		High Jump		Long Jump		Triple Jump		Pole Vault
	N = 1605, Athletes = 811		N = 1451, Athletes = 720		N = 1436, Athletes = 774		N = 1794, Athletes = 953		N = 2163, Athletes = 1079		N = 2421, Athletes = 1266		N = 1684, Athletes = 832		N = 1119, Athletes = 519
	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)	Estimate	Pr (>|t|)
(Intercept)	−66.062	0.032	−102.969	0.019	−5.063	0.897	−42.778	<0.001	−5.865	<0.001	−9.091	<0.001	−21.428	<0.001	−14.666	<0.001
Year	0.050	0.001	0.068	0.002	0.018	0.369	0.026	<0.001	0.004	<0.001	0.007	<0.001	0.016	<0.001	0.009	<0.001
Sex = male	7.644	<0.001	11.715	<0.001	20.707	<0.001	2.942	<0.001	0.305	<0.001	1.235	<0.001	2.580	<0.001	1.147	<0.001
Age 35–39	3.283	<0.001	3.199	<0.001	4.088	<0.001	1.213	<0.001	0.122	<0.001	0.486	<0.001	0.978	<0.001	0.199	<0.001
Age 40–44	1.933	<0.001	2.480	<0.001	2.428	<0.001	0.655	<0.001	0.075	<0.001	0.300	<0.001	0.568	<0.001	0.133	<0.001
Age 50–54	−1.721	<0.001	2.286	<0.001	−1.204	0.025	0.752	<0.001	−0.082	<0.001	−0.313	<0.001	−0.744	<0.001	−0.273	<0.001
Age 55–59	−4.208	<0.001	−0.291	0.641	−2.991	<0.001	−0.077	0.511	−0.154	<0.001	−0.638	<0.001	−1.292	<0.001	−0.478	<0.001
Age 60–64	−6.755	<0.001	−3.366	<0.001	−4.651	<0.001	−0.911	<0.001	−0.226	<0.001	−0.971	<0.001	−2.042	<0.001	−0.688	<0.001
Age 65–69	−10.101	<0.001	−6.686	<0.001	−6.749	<0.001	−1.518	<0.001	−0.304	<0.001	−1.329	<0.001	−2.755	<0.001	−0.916	<0.001
Age 70–74	−13.319	<0.001	−10.145	<0.001	−9.868	<0.001	−2.587	<0.001	−0.393	<0.001	−1.740	<0.001	−3.609	<0.001	−1.192	<0.001
Age 75–79	−15.727	<0.001	−10.606	<0.001	−11.771	<0.001	−2.982	<0.001	−0.481	<0.001	−2.155	<0.001	−4.457	<0.001	−1.469	<0.001
Age 80–84	−17.849	<0.001	−12.352	<0.001	−13.619	<0.001	−3.801	<0.001	−0.594	<0.001	−2.645	<0.001	−5.501	<0.001	−1.773	<0.001
Age 85–89	−19.150	<0.001	−11.333	<0.001	−15.868	<0.001	−4.092	<0.001	−0.700	<0.001	−3.111	<0.001	−6.237	<0.001	−1.900	<0.001
Age 90 +	−20.648	<0.001	−12.691	<0.001	−17.709	<0.001	−4.948	<0.001	−0.807	<0.001	−3.526	<0.001	−8.044	<0.001		<0.001
Sex = male: age 35–39	−2.977	<0.001	−1.061	0.333	−4.416	<0.001	−0.323	0.157
Sex = male: age 40–44	−0.372	0.545	−1.272	0.116	−0.603	0.482	0.060	0.730
Sex = male: age 50–54	5.829	<0.001	1.334	0.085	0.455	0.568	−0.122	0.452
Sex = male: age 55–59	4.794	<0.001	−0.290	0.738	−1.204	0.165	−0.113	0.522
Sex = male: age 60–64	12.666	<0.001	3.064	0.001	−1.742	0.050	0.963	<0.001
Sex = male: age 65–69	11.720	<0.001	2.366	0.014	−4.134	<0.001	0.327	0.085
Sex = male: age 70–74	9.272	<0.001	3.844	<0.001	−4.005	<0.001	1.420	<0.001
Sex = male: age 75–79	5.927	<0.001	−2.042	0.065	−7.696	<0.001	0.120	0.573
Sex = male: age 80–84	1.776	0.042	−3.190	0.011	−11.233	<0.001	−0.045	0.847
Sex = male: age 85–89	−1.309	0.220	−10.045	<0.001	−13.653	<0.001	−1.100	0.001
Sex = male: age 90 +	−4.362	0.013	−10.937	<0.001	−17.046	<0.001	−1.564	0.005