Injury incidence for each injury severity category (expressed as the number of days of absence from training and competition) among women and men throughout the six seasons (2006–2012)
| Absence | All injuries (n=577) | WC injuries (n=257) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incidence (injuries/100 athletes/season) | Relative risk | Incidence (injuries/1000 runs) | Relative risk | |||||
| Male | Female | Total | Males vs females | Male | Female | Total | Males vs females | |
| None | 7.1 (5.4 to 8.9) | 5.5 (3.8 to 7.2) | 6.4 (5.2 to 7.6) | 1.29 (0.87 to 1.93) | 2.2 (1.4 to 2.9) | 1.9 (1.1 to 2.6) | 2.0 (1.5 to 2.6) | 1.17 (0.69 to 1.99) |
| 1–3 days | 2.8 (1.7 to 3.9) | 2.7 (1.5 to 3.9) | 2.8 (1.9 to 3.6) | 1.05 (0.58 to 1.91) | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.2) | 0.7 (0.2 to 1.2) | 0.7 (0.4 to 1.0) | 1.08 (0.45 to 2.60) |
| 4–7 days | 5.1 (3.6 to 6.6) | 3.8 (2.4 to 5.3) | 4.5 (3.5 to 5.6) | 1.33 (0.83 to 2.15) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.2) | 0.8 (0.3 to 1.3) | 1.2 (0.8 to 1.6) | 2.02 (0.96 to 4.26) |
| 8–28 days | 10.6 (8.5 to 12.8) | 7.2 (5.2 to 9.2) | 9.1 (7.6 to 10.6) | 1.48 (1.05 to 2.07) | 3.1 (2.2 to 4.1) | 1.6 (0.9 to 2.3) | 2.4 (1.9 to 3.0) | 1.93 (1.15 to 3.23) |
| >28 days | 13.7 (11.2 to 16.1) | 12.0 (9.5 to 14.6) | 12.9 (11.2 to 14.7) | 1.14 (0.86 to 1.50) | 3.6 (2.6 to 4.5) | 2.1 (1.3 to 2.9) | 2.9 (2.2 to 3.5) | 1.70 (1.07 to 2.70) |
| Total | 39.7 (35.5 to 43.8) | 31.9 (27.8 to 36.1) | 36.2 (33.3 to 39.2) | 1.24 (1.05 to 1.47) | 11.3 (9.6 to 13.0) | 7.1 (5.7 to 8.6) | 9.3 (8.2 to 10.5) | 1.58 (1.22 to 2.04) |
WC, World Cup.