Table 1: Number and percentage of athletes as well as average running speed (mean ± sd) for the different age groups.
Age groups | Athletes (n) | Prevalence (%) | Average running speed (km/h) |
18-22 | 110 | 1.0 | 4.99 ± 1.24† |
23-27 | 583 | 5.1† | 5.63 ± 1.54* |
33-37 | 1410 | 12.4† | 5.85 ± 1.63* |
38-42 | 1808 | 15.8† | 5.97 ± 1.68 |
43-47 | 2313 | 20.3† | 5.96 ± 1.64† |
48-52 | 2096 | 18.4† | 5.75 ± 1.46† |
53-57 | 1590 | 13.9† | 5.55 ± 1.30† |
58-62 | 922 | 8.1† | 5.23 ± 1.25† |
63-67 | 413 | 3.6† | 4.92 ± 1.20 |
> 68 | 170 | 1.5† | 4.93 ± 1.25* |
11,415 |
Note: * = statistically different from the above (younger) age group at p ≤ 0.05; † = statistically different from the above (younger) age group at p ≤ 0.001.