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Table 5 Rate ratio estimates per 1000 match hours of exposure (RRMHE) with 95 % CIs using Poisson mixed-effects generalised linear modelling

From: Match injuries in amateur Rugby Union: a prospective cohort study - FICS Biennial Symposium Second Prize Research Award

Study factor

RRMHE (95 % CI)

P-value

Age

0.98 (0.95–1.02)

0.329

Years of participation

0.93 (0.88–0.99)

0.017*

Backs (ref. forwards)

0.96 (0.42–2.17)

0.920

BMI

0.97 (0.95–1.00)

0.020*

SF-36v2 PCS

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

0.682

SF-36v2 MCS

0.98 (0.97–1.00)

0.012*

  1. *P < 0.05