Table 5

Risk factors for sustaining an in-championship injury or an in-championship time-loss injury presented as ORs (95% CI) calculated by simple and multiple logistic regression analyses (n=698)

	OR (95% CI)
	In-championship injury		In-championship time-loss injury
	Simple models	Multiple model	Simple models	Multiple model
Gender	NS	NS	NS	NS
Age	NS	NS	NS	NS
Continent (reference continent was Europe)	NS	NS	NS	NS
Africa	NS	NS	NS	NS
Asia	NS	NS	NS	NS
Australia	NS	NS	NS	NS
North America	NS	NS	NS	NS
South America	NS	NS	NS	NS
Event group (reference group was combined events)	NS	NS	NS	NS
Sprints	NS	NS	NS	NS
Hurdles	NS	NS	NS	NS
Middle distance	NS	NS	NS	NS
Long distance	NS	NS	NS	NS
Marathon	NS	NS	NS	NS
Race walking	NS	NS	NS	NS
Jumps	NS	NS	NS	NS
Throws	NS	NS	NS	NS
Preparticipation injury complaints
All complaints	2.09 (1.16 to 3.77) (p=0.014)	NS	NS*	NS
Reduced participation injury complaints	2.53 (1.39 to 4.61) (p=0.002)	NS	NS†	NS
Gradual-onset injury complaints	2.72 (1.38 to 5.36) (p=0.004)	NS	3.92 (1.69 to 9.08) (p=0.001)	3.92 (1.69 to 9.08) (p=0.001)
Injury complaint severity score (maximum score 16)	1.14 (1.06 to 1.22) (p<0.001)	1.14 (1.06 to 1.22) (p<0.001)	1.12 (1.02 to 1.23) (p=0.019)	NS

*OR 2.14 (95% CI 0.97 to 4.72; p=0.058).
†OR 2.19 (95% CI 0.98 to 4.94; p=0.058).
NS, not significant.