Original scientific paper
Sex and age-related differences in athletes’ health status in individual and team sports
Joško Sindik
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Šarac
orcid.org/0000-0001-9531-0973
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Tonći Grgurinović
; Polyclinic for Occupational Health and Sport, Zagreb, Croatia
Darko Tomić
; Polyclinic for Occupational Health and Sport, Zagreb, Croatia
Drago Paušek
; Croatian Society for Patient Safety
Saša Missoni
; Institute for Anthropological Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Main goal of this study was to determine the differences
between the athletes who are actively engaged in team
vs. individual sports, stratified by age groups and sex, in
BMI (Body Mass Index) and other chosen biochemical
health indicators. Second goal is directed on forecasting
the criterium BMI, on the base of predictors (i.e. chosen
morphological and biochemical health indicators, except
body height and body mass), for the athletes from team
and individual sports, separately for males and females and
separately for different age groups.
The data were collected during routine medical
examinations performed by physicians from the Polyclinic
for Occupational Health and Sport in Zagreb. The database
comprised medical data obtained in 2011 and 2012 from
8482 athletes in the City of Zagreb. Collected data included
height, body mass , BMI, blood pressure (diastolic and
systolic), heart rate, hemoglobin, hematocrit, leukocytes,
thrombocytes, and sedimentation rate.
Inspecting the results, it could be concluded that more
statistically significant differences in the variables in
research, related to the sport type (team/individual), have
been detected in male athletes (as compared with female
ones). These differences are more emphasized in team
than in the individual sports. More statistically significant
predictors are found in males (than in females) and more
in team sports.
The results could be mainly discussed in terms of the
differences among requests in different sports, different
levels of professional sport training in certain sports, as
well as in terms of sex differences in growth.
Keywords
age groups; athletes; routine medical examinations; sex
Hrčak ID:
187718
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2016.
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