Number of registered athletes and of injuries, incidences of injuries per 1000 registered athletes and relative risks with lower and upper limits of ±95% CI and probabilistic inferences about the true standardised magnitude in relative risks, in male and female athletes during 14 international athletics championships 2007–2014
| Athletics championships | Registered athletes | Number of injuries | Injuries per 1000 registered athletes (±95% CI) | Relative risk of male versus female athletes (±95% CI) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Male | Female | Missing information of sex | Male | Female | |||
| WOC 2007 | 953 | 854 | 119 | 85 | 1 | 124.9±21.0 | 99.5±20.1 | 1.25 | (0.96 to 1.63) small |
| WOC 2009 | 1041 | 855 | 157 | 104 | 1 | 150.8±21.7 | 121.6±21.9 | 1.24 | (0.98 to 1.56) small |
| WOC 2011 | 930 | 811 | 131 | 92 | 2 | 140.9±22.4 | 113.4±21.8 | 1.24 | (0.97 to 1.59) small |
| WOC 2013 | 1000 | 784 | 111 | 69 | 0 | 111.0±19.5 | 88.0±19.8 | 1.26 | (0.95 to 1.68) small |
| OG 2008 | 1131 | 1001 | 82 | 70 | 7 | 72.5±15.1 | 69.9±15.8 | 1.04 | (0.76 to 1.41) trivial |
| OG 2012 | 1088 | 991 | 113 | 93 | 8 | 103.9±18.1 | 93.8±18.2 | 1.11 | (0.85 to 1.44) trivial |
| EOC 2010 | 763 | 608 | 30 | 12 | 9 | Sex was missing for 17.6% of injuries. Thus, data were excluded from further analysis | |||
| EOC 2012 | 745 | 607 | 86 | 40 | 0 | 115.4±22.9 | 65.9±19.7 | 1.75 | (1.22 to 2.51)* small |
| Total Outdoor† | 6888 | 5903 | 799 | 553 | 19 | 116.0±7.6 | 93.7±7.4 | 1.24 | (1.12 to 1.37)* small |
| WIC 2008 | 333 | 240 | 14 | 2 | 32 | Sex was missing for 66.7% of injuries. Thus, data were excluded from further analysis | |||
| WIC 2010 | 334 | 249 | 20 | 5 | 7 | Sex was missing for 21.9% of injuries. Thus, data were excluded from further analysis | |||
| WIC 2014 | 286 | 253 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 73.4±30.2 | 47.4±26.2 | 1.55 | (0.78 to 3.08) small |
| EIC 2009 | 316 | 249 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 66.5±27.5 | 56.2±28.6 | 1.18 | (0.61 to 2.28) trivial |
| EIC 2011 | 325 | 268 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 55.4±24.9 | 44.8±24.8 | 1.24 | (0.61 to 2.52) small |
| EIC 2013 | 320 | 257 | 38 | 22 | 0 | 118.8±35.4 | 85.6±34.2 | 1.39 | (0.84 to 2.28) small |
| Total Indoor‡ | 1247 | 1027 | 98 | 60 | 0 | 78.6±14.9 | 58.4±14.3 | 1.35 | (0.99 to 1.83) small |
| Total†‡ | 8135 | 6930 | 897 | 613 | 19 | 110.3±6.8 | 88.5±6.7 | 1.25 | (1.13 to 1.37)* small |
*Significant relative risk between male and female athletes (p<0.05).
†EOC 2010 excluded.
‡WIC 2008 and WIC 2010 excluded.
EIC, European Indoor Championships; EOC, European Outdoor Championships; OG, Olympic Games; WIC, World Indoor Championships; WOC, World Outdoor Championships.