Table 3.

Characteristics of subjects in muscle injury and no muscle injury group in Study 2

	Muscle injury (n = 190)	No muscle injury (n = 1369)	P value
Sex			0.457
Men, n (%)	134 (70.5)	929 (67.9)
Women, n (%)	56 (29.5)	440 (32.1)
Age, years	20.1 ± 1.7	20.5 ± 2.8	0.096
Height, cm	169.9 ± 7.9	169.5 ± 8.3	0.552
Body mass, kg	64.4 ± 10.4	63.4 ± 10.1	0.229
Playing years, years	10.4 ± 3.8	11.2 ± 3.9	0.008
Competitive level			0.168
International n (%)	17 (9.0)	153 (11.2)
National n (%)	112 (59.0)	756 (55.2)
Regional n (%)	30 (15.8)	286 (20.9)
Other n (%)	31 (16.3)	174 (12.7)
Main sport			<0.001
Track & field	91 (47.9)	341 (24.9)
Soccer	62 (32.6)	599 (43.8)
Other	37 (19.5)	429 (31.3)

Values are presented as the mean ± SD unless noted otherwise. Bold emphasis: P < 0.05