Table 1.

Athlete characteristics of the whole cohort as well as specific sport disciplines

	Endurance-trained athletes (N = 27)	Mixed-trained athletes (N = 31)	Power-trained athletes (N = 12)	Skill-trained athletes (N = 35)	p value	All athletes (N = 105)
Age, years	25 ± 6	27 ± 4c	23 ± 3b	25 ± 5	0.029*	26 ± 5
Sex, n (% male)	12 (44)	22 (71)d	7 (58)	11 (31)b	0.011*	52 (50)
Height, cm	176 ± 10b	187 ± 13a,c,d	176 ± 8b	177 ± 10b	< 0.001*	180 ± 12
Weight, kg	65.5 ± 9.4b,c,d	81.3 ± 13.2a	78.6 ± 10.0a	78.9 ± 14.7a	< 0.001*	76.1 ± 13.9
BMI, kg/m2	20.9 ± 1.4b,c,d	23.1 ± 1.5a,c,d	25.4 ± 1.3a,b	24.9 ± 3.0a,b	< 0.001*	23.4 ± 2.7
BSA, m2	1.81 ± 0.18b,d	2.07 ± 0.24a	1.95 ± 0.17	1.96 ± 0.22a	< 0.001*	1.95 ± 0.23
Sport disciplines	Mountain biking n = 5, open water swimming n = 2, road cycling n = 7, triathlon n = 13	3 x 3 basketball n = 7, beach volleyball n = 8, field hockey n = 15, soccer n = 1	BMX n = 12	Baseball n = 11 Sailing n = 3 Skateboarding n = 1 Softball n = 20

Data are presented as mean ± SD or n (%)

BMI body mass index, BSA body surface area

*p < 0.05. Significantly different from (a) endurance-trained athletes, (b) mixed-trained athletes, (c) power-trained athletes, (d) skill-trained athletes