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Table 1 Athletes’ characteristics for female and male athletes at baseline (n = 144) and at follow-up (n = 86)

From: Postural orientation, what to expect in youth athletes? A cohort study on data from the Malmö Youth Sport Study

Anthropometrics

Male athletes at baseline (n = 90)

Male athletes at follow-up (n = 52)

Female athletes at baseline (n = 54)

Female athletes at follow-up (n = 34)

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Height (cm)

163 (10)

176 (8)

161 (6)

166 (6)

Weight (kg)

51 (10)

65 (10)

52 (6)

60 (6)

TBLBM (% of bodyweight)

78 (0.6)

80 (0.4)

71 (0.4)

68 (0.4)

Main Sport

n

n

n

n

 Football a

41

26

17

9

 Ice hockey a

11

8

5

4

 Basketball a

9

2

6

4

 Floorball a

5

3

6

4

 Swimming b

7

3

3

2

 Athletics b

0

0

7

4

 Tennis b

7

5

2

1

 Squash b

1

1

0

0

 Badminton b

4

1

0

0

 Diving c

1

0

4

3

 Figure skating c

1

1

4

3

 Artistic gymnastics c

3

2

0

0

Type of sports

n

n

n

n

 Team a

66

39

34

21

 Individual b

20

10

16

10

 Aestheticc

4

3

4

3

  1. TBLBM Total body lean body mass
  2. aTeam sports
  3. bIndividual sports
  4. cAesthetic sports