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Table 6 Rating by age group, sex, and birth tertile in cross-country skiing and chess

From: Darwinian Selection Discriminates Young Athletes: the Relative Age Effect in Relation to Sporting Performance

Sport

Age

Sex

Kruskal-Wallis

Steel-Dwass

Rating (median ± IQR)

Χ2

P value

Levels

P value

T1

T2

T3

Cross-country skiing2

≤ 10

Boys

6.1

0.048

T1–T3

0.052

400 ± 79.3

375 ± 84.0

378 ± 78.0

Girls

1.9

0.391

376 ± 52.5

361 ± 74.0

362 ± 87.3

11–15

Boys

15.7

< 0.001

T1–T2

0.018

499 ± 122.0

477 ± 109.0

469 ± 117.3

T1–T3

< 0.001

Girls

3.4

0.185

448 ± 128.5

445 ± 106.5

429 ± 125.8

16–20

Men

0.0

0.965

722 ± 162.5

737 ± 166.0

722 ± 210.0

Women

0.1

0.995

615 ± 197.0

601 ± 180.0

607 ± 185.0

21–39

Men

0.9

0.644

677 ± 230.0

686 ± 212.3

673 ± 219.5

Women

0.9

0.652

592 ± 229.0

629 ± 260.5

586 ± 253.8

≥ 40

Men

1.7

0.425

548 ± 152.5

527 ± 145.0

534 ± 136.5

Women

0.5

0.796

474 ± 83.8

446 ± 171.0

475 ± 125.0

Chess

≤ 10

Boys

5.1

0.078

910 ± 220.0

896 ± 192.0

860 ± 200.0

Girls

0.2

0.929

896 ± 312.0

900 ± 219.3

850 ± 208.0

11–15

Boys

0.3

0.872

1100 ± 217.0

1100 ± 223.8

1080 ± 223.0

Girls

7.8

0.020

T1–T2

0.018

1102 ± 276.0

1020 ± 159.3

1072 ± 169.0

16–20

Men

2.9

0.233

1392 ± 495.3

1335 ± 416.3

1322 ± 405.0

Women

9.1

0.011

T1–T2

0.019

1498 ± 383.8

1121 ± 252.8

1290 ± 311.3

21–39

Men

4.0

0.138

1760 ± 542.8

1683 ± 590.0

1802 ± 540.0

Women

2.0

0.375

1565 ± 751.8

1738 ± 391.5

1599 ± 267.5

≥ 40

Men

0.0

0.991

1712 ± 408.0

1725 ± 443.0

1705 ± 442.0

Women

0.5

0.797

1344 ± 972.0

1408 ± 750.5

1245 ± 548.0

  1. Χ2 chi-squared statistic, IQR interquartile range, T tertile
  2. Levels “T1–T3” means that T1 was better performing then T3