Table 1.
Sport lead rock climbers' BMI and age by climbing ability level.
| Males (n = 383) | Females (n = 115) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total sample (%) | BMI (kg/m2) | Age (yrs) | Total sample (%) | BMI (kg/m2) | Age (yrs) | |
| Total sample | 76.9 | 22.9 ± 2.6 | 32 ± 9 | 23.1 | 21.9 ± 2.5 | 33 ± 9 |
| Lower grade | 7.8 | 24.9 ± 2.7 | 33 ± 11 | 15.7 | 23.0 ± 3.0 | 30 ± 8 |
| Intermediate | 51.2 | 23.0 ± 2.7 | 30 ± 8 | 46.1 | 22.2 ± 2.4 | 32 ± 10 |
| Advanced | 30.7 | 22.7 ± 2.4 | 33 ± 10 | 20.0 | 21.6 ± 2.4 | 32 ± 8 |
| Elite | 10.0 | 21.5 ± 1.2 | 35 ± 7 | 17.4 | 20.6 ± 2.0 | 36 ± 8 |
| Higher elite | 1.4 | 23.3 ± 2.1 | 37 ± 5 | 0.8 | 19.9 | 44 |
Data expressed in percentages of total sample for each climbing ability with BMI and age expressed as mean ± SD within sex.
BMI—Body Mass Index.
IRCRA level—International Rock Climbing Research Association's climbing ability scale with 5 levels of climbing abilities; lower grade, intermediate, advanced, elite, higher elite (Draper et al., 2016).