Research Article
Examining Measures of Weight as Risk Factors for Sport-Related Injury in Adolescents
Table 2
Incidence rates (IR, 95% CI) and incidence rate ratios (IRR, 95% CI) by risk factors, adjusted for previous injury, sex, aerobic fitness, intervention group, and sport participation.
| | | Number of injuries | All sport IR
() | Lower extremity IRR
() | Time loss IRR
() | Knee IRR
() | Ankle IRR
() |
| | BMI (kg/m2) | | | | | | | | Healthy | 94 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Unhealthy | 11 | 1.28 (0.65–2.49) | 1.14 (0.50–2.61) | 2.82 (1.01–8.04) | 2.07 (1.00–6.94) | 0.44 (0.06–3.43) | | WC (cm) | | | | | | | | Healthy | 84 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Unhealthy | 25 | 1.26 (0.78–2.07) | 1.14 (0.90–1.75) | 1.63 (0.93–2.47) | 1.43 (0.60–3.47) | 0.59 (0.17–2.05) | | Previous injury (yes/no) | | | | | | | | No | 69 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Yes | 38 | 1.47 (1.00–2.15) | 1.43 (0.83–2.59) | 2.16 (1.06–4.42) | 2.60 (1.00–6.76) | 1.25 (0.55–2.85) | | Sex (males/females) | | | | | | | | Females | 59 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Males | 50 | 0.78 (0.54–1.12) | 0.73 (0.46–1.16) | 0.58 (0.26–1.30) | 0.54 (0.19–1.52) | 0.74 (0.33–1.68) | | Intervention (yes/no) | | | | | | | | No | 60 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | | Yes | 49 | 0.30 (0.18–0.51) | 0.30 (0.18–0.52) | 0.37 (0.17–0.81) | 0.32 (0.11–0.93) | 0.37 (0.18–0.77) |
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BMI: body mass index. WC: waist circumference. Adjusted model. Based on international cutoffs. Based on national reference data.
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