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Table 3 Background demographics comparing academy footballers (age < 18 years) with footballers > 18 years

From: Right ventricular assessment of the adolescent footballer’s heart

 

Academy footballers < 18 years

Footballers > 18 years

P

 

Mean ± SD

N

Mean ± SD

N

 

Age (y)

16.4 ± 0.5

1087

21.4 ± 3.0

114

0.02*

Height (cm)

178.1 ± 7.0

1005

180.1 ± 7.7

96

0.009*

Weight (Kg)

69.8 ± 8.2

996

77.4 ± 9.8

97

0.0001*

BSA (m2)

1.9 ± 0.1

989

2.0 ± 0.2

96

0.001*

Training (H/week)

13.3 ± 5.3

707

13.9 ± 5.1

67

0.294

  1. Y Years, SD standard deviation, N number, CM centimetres, Kg kilograms, H hours
  2. *Significant difference between under and over 18s
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Echo Research & Practice

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