Table 3.

Characteristics of reported illnesses (results are presented in percentage of illnesses per categories of sex and discipline).

	All athletes			Male athletes			Female athletes
	Total n = 74	Endurance n = 22	Explosive n = 52	Total n = 30	Endurance n = 15	Explosive n = 15	Total n = 44	Endurance n = 7	Explosive n = 37
Affected system
Upper respiratory tract	73.0	81.8	69.2	73.3	86.7	60.0	72.7	71.4	73.0
Lower respiratory tract	9.5	4.5	11.5	6.7	6.7	6.7	11.4	0.0	13.5
Gastrointestinal	10.8	9.1	11.5	16.7	6.7	26.7	6.8	14.3	5.4
Urogenital/Gynecological	2.7	4.5	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	14.3	2.7
Neurological	1.4	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	2.7
Ophtalmological/Otological	2.7	0.0	3.8	3.3	0.0	6.7	2.3	0.0	2.7
Severity
Minor	68.9	68.2	69.2	66.7	73.3	60.0	70.5	57.1	73.0
Moderate	31.1	31.8	30.8	33.3	26.7	40.0	29.5	42.9	27.0
Severe	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0