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Table 1 The number of participants of each group and gender as well as their age and anthropometric data

From: Classification of selected cardiopulmonary variables of elite athletes of different age, gender, and disciplines during incremental exercise testing

Group

N

Age (years)

Height (cm)

Body mass (kg)

Mean

95 % CI

Mean

95 % CI

Mean

95 % CI

Mean

95 % CI

Mean

95 % CI

Mean

95 % CI

“Combat”

29

45

17.3 ± 4.3

15.7–18.9

16.9 ± 3.5

15.8–17.9

163.7 ± 7.6

160.8–166.6

177.4 ± 14.3

173.1–181.7

53.9 ± 10.2

50.0–57.7

70.5 ± 17.0

65.4–75.6

“Team”

62

42

16.1 ± 2.4

15.4–16.6

15.9 ± 1.7

15.4–16.5

170.7 ± 9.3

168.3–173.0

183.5 ± 7.6

181.1–185.8

60.9 ± 9.2

58.5–63.1

77.0 ± 13.1

73.0–81.0

“Endurance”

39

74

16.2 ± 2.3

15.4–16.9

16.5 ± 3.4

15.6–17.2

167.5 ± 6.2

165.5–169.5

177.8 ± 11.2

175.1–180.4

57.0 ± 9.1

54.0–59.9

67.7 ± 14.2

64.3–71.0

“Sprint & power”

73

53

17.0 ± 3.7

16.1–17.9

18.4 ± 3.9

17.3–19.4

165.4 ± 12.0

162.5–168.1

181.4 ± 9.0

178.9–183.8

55.5 ± 13.1

52.4–58.5

75.7 ± 13.2

71.8–79.1

“Racquet”

38

36

17.6 ± 4.3

16.2–19.0

16.8 ± 3.3

15.7–17.9

170.4 ± 5.2

168.6–172.0

180.3 ± 8.4

177.4–183.0

60.1 ± 7.2

57.7–62.4

68.7 ± 8.8

65.6–71.6

Total

241

250

16.8 ± 3.4

16.3–17.2

16.9 ± 3.4

16.5–17.3

167.7 ± 9.5

166.4–168.8

179.8 ± 10.7

178.4–181.1

57.7 ± 10.6

56.3–59.0

71.6 ± 14.2

69.8–73.3

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD and 95 % CI
  2. The “combat” group consisted of the disciplines of boxing (n = 26), judo (n = 25), fencing (n = 11), taekwondo (n = 8) and wrestling (n = 4). The “team” group consisted of soccer (n = 39), handball (n = 30), water polo (n = 16), basketball (n = 14), volleyball (n = 3) and field hockey (n = 2). The “endurance” group included canoeists (n = 29); kayakers (n = 17); 800 m (n = 1), 1500 m (n = 1), 10,000 m (n = 2) and 3000 m steeple (n = 2) runners; rowers (n = 24); biathletes (n = 13); triathletes (n = 12); nordic combined athletes (n = 8); modern pentathletes (n = 2) and swimmers (n = 2). The “sprint and power” group included 100 m (n = 5), 200 m (n = 5) and 400 m (n = 3) sprinters; 100 m (n = 2) and 400 m (n = 3) hurdlers; decathletes/heptathletes (n = 5); hammer (n = 1), discus (n = 3) and javelin (n = 1) throwers; long (n = 5), triple (n = 2) and high (n = 2) jumpers; pole vaulters (n = 8); equestrians (n = 11); vaulters (n = 1); divers (n = 2); bobsledders (n = 3); lugers (n = 18); skeleton (n = 15); archers (n = 5); shooters (n = 1) and gymnasts (n = 25). The “racquet” group included tennis (n = 33), badminton (n = 36) and table tennis (n = 5) players