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Table 1 Frequency and proportion of respondentsā€™ perceived risk of injury for an equal referent participating in a range of sports, mean rating of risk with 95% confidence interval (CI), and comparison of mean rating of risk in Muay Thai versus (referent) versus other sports using paired t tests

From: Perception of injury risk among amateur Muay Thai fighters

Ā 

Chance of getting injured

Ā Ā 

Sport

Very low

Low

Average

High

Very high

Mean [95%CI]

p value

Collision

ā€ƒRugby

-

5 (3%)

38 (23%)

74 (45%)

49 (30%)

1.01 [0.88, 1.13]

< .001

ā€ƒAmerican football

-

3 (2%)

46 (28%)

69 (41%)

49 (29%)

0.98 [0.86, 1.10]

< .001

ā€ƒMixed martial arts

-

8 (5%)

49 (30%)

74 (45%)

35 (21%)

0.82 [0.69, 0.94]

< .001

ā€ƒBoxing

1 (1%)

20 (12%)

80 (48%)

50 (30%)

16 (10%)

0.36 [0.23, 0.49]

< .001

ā€ƒJudo

3 (2%)

29 (17%)

92 (55%)

35 (21%)

8 (5%)

0.10 [āˆ’0.03, 0.22]

.478

ā€ƒMuay Thai

2 (1%)

32 (19%)

97 (58%)

28 (17%)

8 (5%)

0.05 [āˆ’0.07, 0.17]

referent

ā€ƒKarate

10 (6%)

53 (32%)

85 (51%)

16 (10%)

2 (1%)

āˆ’0.32 [āˆ’0.44, āˆ’0.20]

< .001

Contact

ā€ƒSoccer

11 (7%)

44 (26%)

78 (47%)

26 (16%)

8 (5%)

āˆ’0.14 [āˆ’0.29, āˆ’0.00]

.043

ā€ƒBasketball

7 (4%)

62 (37%)

75 (45%)

21 (13%)

1 (1%)

āˆ’0.32 [āˆ’0.44, āˆ’0.20]

< .001

Limited-contact

ā€ƒBaseball

26 (16%)

83 (50%)

48 (29%)

9 (5%)

1 (1%)

āˆ’0.74 [āˆ’0.87, āˆ’0.62]

< .001

ā€ƒCycling

39 (23%)

77 (46%)

40 (24%)

10 (6%)

-

āˆ’0.87 [āˆ’1.00, āˆ’0.74]

< .001

Non-contact

ā€ƒSwimming

89 (53%)

66 (40%)

11 (7%)

1 (1%)

-

āˆ’1.46 [āˆ’1.55, āˆ’1.36]

< .001