Table 2 RAE frequency for each comparison by birth quarters (BQ1, BQ2, BQ3, BQ4), with odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

From: Relative age effect and performance in elite youth male basketball

Seasons

BQ1

BQ2

BQ3

BQ4

Exp

χ2

p

BQ1 vs BQ4, OR (CI)

BQ2 vs BQ4, OR (CI)

BQ3 vs BQ4, OR (CI)

All

278

206

132

62

169.5

153.78***

0.00

4.48 (3.28–6.14)

3.32 (2.38–4.62)

2.12 (1.49–3.06)

2014–2015

69

36

30

11

36.5

47.92***

0.00

6.27 (3.06–12.85)

3.27 (1.49–7.19)

2.73 (1.21–6.17)

2015–2016

52

49

37

14

38

23.53***

0.00

3.71 (1.88–7.34)

3.50 (1.76–6.97)

2.64 (1.28–5.47)

2016–2017

40

35

16

13

26

21***

0.00

3.07 (1.48–6.40)

2.69 (1.27–5.71)

1.23 (.50–3.01)

2017–2018

47

28

21

8

26

30.54***

0.00

5.87 (2.54–13.58)

3.50 (1.41–8.71)

2.62 (1.00–6.88)

2018–2019

33

25

15

6

19.8

21***

0.00

5.50 (2.07–14.60)

4.17 (1.50–11.56)

2.50 (0.81–7.69)

2019–2020

37

33

13

10

23.3

24.3***

0.00

3.70 (1.65–8.29)

3.30 (1.45–7.52)

1.30 (0.47–3.56)

  1. ***p < 0.001.