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Table 4 Injuries in combat engineer training stratified by prior lower limb injury and age

From: A prospective investigation of injury incidence and risk factors among army recruits in combat engineer training

 

Response category

N

Injured in ENG training (%)

Risk ratio –prior/no prior injury (95% CI)

p-valuea

<20.0 year olds

No prior injury

552

42.9

1.14 (0.95-1.36)

0.18

Prior injury

170

48.8

20.0-24.9 year olds

No prior injury

522

45.0

1.15 (0.97-1.37)

0.13

Prior injury

168

51.8

25.0-29.9 year olds

No prior injury

107

51.4

0.95 (0.65-1.38)

0.77

Prior injury

37

48.6

≥30 year olds

No prior injury

53

60.4

1.10 (0.77-1.58)

0.60

 

Prior injury

24

66.7

  
  1. aChi-square statistic.