Anthropometry, lifestyle and health factors
| All (n=605) | Female (n=244) | Male (n=361) | P values | ||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Anthropometrics | |||||||
| Age, years | 63.6 | 13.3 | 59.0 | 12.2 | 66.7 | 13.1 | <0.001 |
| Height, cm | 175.0 | 10.2 | 175.5 | 10.4 | 175.4 | 10.2 | 0.91 |
| Weight, kg | 75.9 | 15.3 | 77.0 | 16.8 | 75.1 | 14.1 | 0.14 |
| Body mass index, kg/m2 | 24.8 | 3.7 | 23.8 | 4.0 | 25.4 | 3.4 | <0.001 |
| Body mass index in 20s, kg/m2 | 22.7 | 2.9 | 21.6 | 2.5 | 23.4 | 3.0 | <0.001 |
| Lifestyle factors | |||||||
| Age when starting to compete*, years | 19.3 | 4.2 | 18.5 | 4.8 | 19.7 | 3.7 | 0.006 |
| Age when ceasing to compete*, years | 28.2 | 6.4 | 27.5 | 7.3 | 28.6 | 5.8 | 0.08 |
| Duration of competition career*, years | 9.2 | 5.3 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 0.96 |
| Duration of retirement period, years | 35.2 | 14.2 | 31.9 | 14.1 | 37.4 | 13.9 | <0.001 |
| Retired from sport due to injury, % | 19.0 | – | 23.4 | – | 16.1 | – | 0.03 |
| Any current disease, % | 65.1 | – | 59.8 | – | 68.7 | – | 0.03 |
| Any current medication, % | 46.3 | – | 43.4 | – | 48.3 | – | 0.26 |
| Health factors | |||||||
| Physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis at any joint, % | 27.4 | – | 25.7 | – | 28.6 | – | 0.50 |
| Pain at any joint (most days of the last month), % | 65.8 | – | 68.9 | – | 64.0 | – | 0.25 |
| Hip arthroplasty, % | 7.0 | – | 3.8 | – | 9.2 | – | 0.02 |
| Knee arthroplasty, % | 5.9 | – | 3.8 | – | 7.3 | – | 0.11 |
The p values represent comparison between male and female retired athletes, using unpaired t-test or χ2analysis. Statistically significant differences are highlighted in bold.
*National/International: data are presented as mean with 95% CI, or as proportions (%).