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. 2020 Feb 24;21:122. doi: 10.1186/s12891-020-3141-8

Table 2.

Associated factors with joint injury, muscle injury and tendinopathy from logistic regression model

Variables Control
n = 141
Joint injury
n = 345
OR adjusteda
(CI 95%)
Muscle injury
n = 300
OR adjustedb
(CI 95%)
Tendinopathy
n = 190
OR adjustedc
(CI 95%)
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Age (years)
 < 20 50 (35.5) 48 (13.9) 1d 47 (15.7) 1d 28 (14.7) 1d
 20 to 24 52 (36.9) 120 (34.8) 2.39 (1.42–4.02) 91 (30.3) 1.95 (1.14–3.33) 61 (32.1) 2.11 (1.14–3.92)
 25 to 29 24 (17.0) 98 (28.4) 4.08 (2.21–7.51) 83 (27.7) 3.60 (1.94–6.69) 57 (30.0) 4.02 (2.02–8.01)
 ≥ 30 15 (10.6) 79 (22.9) 5.22 (2.55–10.67) 79 (26.3) 4.95 (2.42–10.09) 44 (23.2) 4.14 (1.85–9.26)
Sex
 Female 57 (40.4) 147 (42.6) 1d 118 (39.3) 1d 82 (43.2) 1d
 Male 84 (59.6) 198 (57.4) 0.98 (0.62–1.53) 182 (60.7) 1.02 (0.64–1.63) 108 (56.8) 0.80 (0.47–1.35)
Height (centimeters)
 < 165 33 (23.4) 75 (21.7) 1d 51 (17.0) 1d 36 (19.0) 1d
 165 to 174 45 (31.9) 118 (34.2) 1.12 (0.63–2.02) 91 (30.3) 1.13 (0.60–2.11) 66 (34.7) 1.08 (0.55–2.13)
 175 to 184 34 (24.1) 99 (28.7) 1.28 (0.70–2.34) 103 (34.3) 1.78 (0.93–3.34) 57 (30.0) 1.29 (0.64–2.60)
 ≥ 185 29 (20.6) 53 (15.4) 0.84 (0.43–1.63) 55 (18.4) 1.19 (0.59–2.41) 31 (16.3) 0.79 (0.37–1.73)
Alcohol consumptione
 No 60 (42.6) 137 (39.8) 1d 110 (37.0) 1d 60 (31.9) 1d
 Yes 81 (57.4) 207 (60.2) 0.97 (0.62–1.50) 187 (63.0) 1.05 (0.68–1.65) 128 (68.1) 1.30 (0.79–2.15)
Smokingf
 No 134 (95.0) 317 (92.2) 1d 275 (92.0) 1d 173 (91.1) 1d
 Yes 7 (5.0) 27 (7.8) 1.42 (0.57–3.53) 24 (8.0) 1.39 (0.54–3.56) 17 (8.9) 1.91 (0.72–5.07)
Sport group
 Rugby 55 (39.0) 137 (39.7) 1d 96 (32.0) 1d 71 (37.4) 1d
 Soccer 38 (27.0) 83 (24.1) 0.70 (0.36–1.39) 85 (28.3) 1.03 (0.52–2.05) 47 (24.7) 0.70 (0.31–1.60)
 Combat 14 (9.9) 66 (19.1) 1.33 (0.60–2.93) 40 (13.4) 1.18 (0.50–2.76) 22 (11.6) 0.74 (0.28–1.95)
 Handball 13 (9.2) 29 (8.4) 0.56 (0.24–1.31) 55 (18.3) 1.73 (0.78–3.82) 18 (9.5) 0.51 (0.19–1.35)
 Water polo 21 (14.9) 30 (8.7) 0.45 (0.21–0.96) 24 (8.0) 0.59 (0.27–1.31) 32 (16.8) 0.77 (0.33–1.79)
Years of training
 0 to 5 47 (33.3) 85 (24.6) 1d 62 (20.7) 1d 40 (21.1) 1d
 6 to 10 46 (32.6) 101 (29.3) 1.13 (0.65–1.96) 81 (27.0) 1.15 (0.64–2.06) 55 (28.9) 1.39 (0.72–2.67)
 > 10 48 (34.1) 159 (46.1) 1.27 (0.71–2.26) 157 (52.3) 1.56 (0.87–2.81) 95 (50.0) 1.65 (0.85–3.21)
Weekly training hours
 0 to 7 42 (29.8) 88 (25.5) 1d 68 (22.7) 1d 44 (23.1) 1d
 8 to 14 55 (39.0) 131 (38.0) 1.03 (0.60–1.76) 125 (41.6) 1.21 (0.69–2.10) 68 (35.8) 0.98 (0.53–1.83)
 15 to 21 32 (22.7) 82 (23.8) 1.19 (0.63–2.24) 69 (23.0) 1.17 (0.61–2.23) 52 (27.4) 1.48 (0.73–3.00)
 > 21 12 (8.5) 44 (12.7) 1.59 (0.71–3.60) 38 (12.7) 1.63 (0.72–3.70) 26 (13.7) 1.67 (0.68–4.10)

OR is Odds ratio, CI is confidence interval. aOR adjusted by Age, Sport group, Years of training and Weekly training hours. bOR adjusted by Age, Height, Smoking, Sport group and Years of training. cOR adjusted by Age, Drinking alcohol, Smoking, Sport group, Years of training and Weekly training hours. dReference value. eInformation were obtained from 344 athletes from joint injury group, 297 athletes from muscle injury group and 188 athletes from tendinopathy group. fInformation were obtained from 344 athletes from joint injury group and 299 athletes from muscle injury group