Table 1.  Anthropometrics and training data in four different sports. Data are means (±SD).
 
CC skiing
 
Swimming
 
LD running
 
Soccer
 
Total
 
 
(n = 62)
(n =87)
(n= 71)
(n =83)
(n = 67)
(n = 76)
(n = 62)
(n = 66)
(n = 262)
(n = 312)

Age (years)

24.0 (4.1)
21.8 (4.3)*
19.0 (2.9)
18.3 (2.9)
25.3 (5.2)
23.5 (5.3)*
22.9 (3.0)
21.1 (3.8)*
22.7 (4.6)
21.2 (4.5)**

Height (m)

1.80 (.06)
1.68 (.05)**
1.84 (.07)
1.70 (.06)**
1.80 (.06)
1.67 (.05)**
1.83 (.06)
1.67 (.06)**
1.82 (.06)
1.68 (.06)**

Body weight (kg)

74.0 (6.1)
59.3 (5.5)**
78.8 (8.4)
62.0 (6.7)**
66.8 (6.6)
53.5 (5.1)**
78.8 (6.1)
62.1 (7.0)**
74.6 (8.5)
59.2 (7.0)**

BMI (kg·m-2)

22.8 (1.1)
20.9 (1.4)**
23.3 (1.8)
21.4 (1.9)**
20.6 (1.3)
19.2 (1.3)**
23.6 (1.2)
22.2 (1.8)**
22.6 (1.8)
20.9 (1.9)**

CMP (days/year)

43.9 (28.4)
34.5 (25.7)*
14.5 (15.6)
12.0 (10.9)
20.5 (25.0)
12.0 (19.1)*
11.4 (11.5)
18.0 (20.4)*
22.2 (24.4)
19.5 (21.9)

Compet. (n/year)

28.0 (7.7)
26.0 (8.5)
12.6 (6.6)
11.8 (5.4)
19.8 (11.4)
18.1 (11.8)
30.1 (13.4)
32.4 (14.3)
22.2 (12.2)
21.6 (12.7)

RestTR(days/week)

0.8 (0.5)
0.9 (0.4)
1.1 (0.6)
1.1 (0.3)
0.6 (0.6)
0.9 (0.5)**
1.3 (0.5)
1.4 (0.6)
1.0 (0.6)
1.1 (0.5)*

RestC (days/week)

1.2 (0.6)
1.2 (0.5)
1.4 (0.8)
1.2 (0.5)
0.9 (0.7)
1.3 (0.7)**
1.7 (0.5)
1.6 (0.5)
1.3 (0.7)
1.3 (0.6)

Start training (age)

7.4 (2.7)
7.8 (3.4)
8.0 (2.1)
8.0 (2.2)
11.7 (3.9)
12.6 (5.5)
6.2 (1.6)
7.8 (2.3)**
8.4 (3.4)
9.0 (4.1)

Tr years

12.9 (4.1)
10.7 (4.6)*
10.1 (2.9)
9.7 (3.2)
11.8 (5.3)
9.1 (4.7)*
15.1 (3.6)
12.5 (3.6)**
12.4 (4.4)
10.4 (4.3)**

Tr hours

594 (161)
522 (142)*
779 (340)
755 (309)
568 (283)
532 (220)
584 (262)
445 (144)*
636 (285)
566 (242)*

Compet. hours

17.4 (7.3)
10.1 (7.4)**
2.6 (12.8)
0.7 (1.3)
8.4 (9.5)
7.1 (8.0)
45.3 (20.1)
47.8 (21.7)
17.9 (21.0)
14.8 (20.7)
CC = Cross-country, LD = Long distance, BMI = body mass index, CMP = camping days, Compet. = competitions, RestTR = rest days during training season, RestC = rest days during competition season, Tr years = training years at least 2 times/wk, Tr hours = training hours in a year (hours/year, all kind of exercise), Compt. Hours = competition hours in a year.* p < 0.05, ** p < 0.001 Differences are shown between male and female in each sport and all sports together.