Baseline characteristics of participants (N=210)
| Endurance sports | Technical sports | Team sports | ||||
| (n=57) | (n=47) | (n=106) | ||||
| Males | Females | Males | Females | Males | Females | |
| Sex, n (%) | 36 (63) | 21 (37) | 30 (64) | 17 (36) | 69 (65) | 37 (35) |
| Age (year) | 18.8 (0.3) | 18.7 (0.3) | 18.8 (0.3) | 18.9 (0.4) | 18.8 (0.3) | 18.7 (0.3) |
| Height (cm) | 182 (5.9) | 170 (5.2) | 181 (7.0) | 166 (6.3) | 182 (7.1) | 171 (7,3) |
| Height gain (cm) | 3.7 (4.1) | 1.3 (2.1) | 3.3 (4.2) | 1.1 (1.3) | 2.2 (2.8) | 0.7 (1.7) |
| Body mass (kg) | 73 (7.3) | 63 (7.3) | 75 (10.4) | 62 (8.3) | 80 (8.1) | 66 (7.1) |
| Body mass gain (kg) | 6.7 (3.9) | 3.2 (2.9) | 7.9 (5.1) | 4.4 (3.4) | 7.4 (4.7) | 4.2 (5.2) |
Values are presented as mean with SD unless otherwise stated. Height and body mass gain is from August 2014 to the completion of the questionnaire, March–May 2017.