Olympian characteristics
| Women (n=1488) | Men (n=1840) | All (N=3357)* | |
| Anthropometrics | |||
| Age (years), median (range) | 43.1 (16–94) | 47.9 (21–97) | 44.7 (16–97) |
| Height (cm), mean (SD) | 167.9 (8.8) | 179.2 (11.6)† | 174.5 (11.8) |
| Weight (kg), mean (SD) | 67.7 (14.3) | 86.5 (15.8)† | 78.1 (17.8) |
| Current BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 24.1 (5.3)‡ | 27.0 (5.2)†‡ | 25.7 (5.4) |
| Olympic career BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 22.4 (4.7) | 24.7 (4.3)† | 23.7 (4.6) |
| Sport exposure | |||
| Athletes by summer/winter sport, n (%) | 1264/224 | 1562/278 | 2851 (85%)/506 (15%) |
| No of all years doing Olympic sport, mean (SD) | 16.7 (6.2) | 17.7 (6.7) | 17.3 (6.60) |
| No of International years doing Olympic sport, mean (SD) | 9.9 (5.1) | 10.7 (5.9) | 10.4 (5.6) |
| No of years retired from Olympic participation, mean (SD) | 15.8 (13.3) | 20.3 (14.8) | 18.3 (14.3) |
*n=29 sex unknown.
†p<0.05 men to women.
‡p<0.05 Olympic career to current.
BMI, body mass index.