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. 2020 Sep 2;12(9):2683. doi: 10.3390/nu12092683

Table 3.

Sample mean ORTO-15 score and prevalence of scores below fixed cut-off value of 35 or 40 points including sex and type of effort.

Total Sample Total Sample
(n = 273)
High-Intensity Intermittent Efforts
(n = 59)
Endurance
(n = 132)
Sprint
(n = 36)
Weight-Dependent Sports
(n = 46)
p Value
ORTO-15 (x ± SD) 35.3 ± 3.5 35.4 ± 3.8 35.2 ± 3.2 35.0 ± 3.5 36.6 ± 3.6 0.8627 a
Cut-off [n(%)]:
<35 pts 113 (41.4) 29 (49.2) 50 (37.9) 18 (50.0) 16 (34.7) 0.2546 b
<40 pts 241 (88.3) 50 (84.7) 122 (92.4) 30 (83.3) 39 (84.8) 0.2310 b
Female (n = 125)
ORTO-15 (x ± SD) 35.1 ± 3.1 35.0 ± 3.9 35.3 ± 2.8 34.9 ± 3.7 35.2 ± 2.6 0.6129 a
Cut-off [n(%)]:
<35 pts 53 (42.4) 11 (55.0) 20 (34.5) 13 (54.2) 9 (39.1) 0.2357 b
<40 pts 114 (91.2) 17 (85.0) 54 (93.1) 21 (87.5) 22 (95.7) 0.5325 b
Male (n = 148)
ORTO-15 (x ± SD) 35.4 ± 3.7 35.6 ± 3.8 35.0 ± 3.5 36.0 ± 3.3 36.1 ± 4.3 0.5217 a
Cut-off [n(%)]:
<35 pts 60 (40.5) 18 (46.2) 30 (40.5) 5 (41.7) 8 (30.4) 0.6844 b
<40 pts 127 (86.0) 33 (84.6) 68 (91.9) 10 (76.9) 18 (75.0) 0.1059 b

a Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA; b χ2 test.