Body Image of Highly Trained Female Athletes Engaged in Different Types of Sport

Table 1

Characteristics of female athletes representing different types of sport and differences between aesthetic and nonaesthetic sports.

	Age (years)	Weight (kg)	Height (cm)	BMI (kg/)	Training background (years)	Level of		Body image (points)
						1	2
						%
Aesthetic sports
Total						16.1	83.9
Gymnastics						40.0	60.0
Synchronized swimming						10.0	90.0
Dance sport						4.5	95.5
Nonaesthetic sports
Total						33.3	66.7
Floorball						39.4	60.6
Soccer						8.7	91.3
Volleyball						0.0	100.0
Basketball						63.2	36.8
Karate						33.3	66.7
Swimming						11.8	88.2
Field hockey						9.5	90.5
Athletics						18.2	81.8
Rugby						90.0	10.0
p	<0.001	0.299	<0.001	<0.01	0.812	0.781	0.091	<0.05

of competition: 1: national; 2: international.