From: Hand and wrist injuries among collegiate athletes vary with athlete division
Division | Injuries requiring surgery (%) | Surgery rate/10,000 athlete exposurea | 95% CI | OR (between divisions) | 95% CI | P value | ||
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All sports | ||||||||
 Division I | 4.45 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.30 | Ref |  |  |  |
 Division II | 3.56 | 0.15 | 0.10 | 0.20 | 0.54 | 0.50 | 0.60 |  < 0.01 |
 Division III | 3.12 | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.56 | 0.65 |  < 0.01 |
 All divisions | 3.78 | 0.20 | 0.19 | 0.21 | – |  |  |  |
Men's sport | ||||||||
 Division I | 4.88 | 0.34 | 0.31 | 0.38 | Ref |  |  |  |
 Division II | 4.37 | 0.20 | 0.13 | 0.28 | 0.59 | 0.53 | 0.65 |  < 0.01 |
 Division III | 3.36 | 0.2 | 0.15 | 0.24 | 0.57 | 0.52 | 0.62 |  < 0.01 |
 All divisions | 4.22 | 0.25 | 0.24 | 0.27 | – |  |  |  |
Women’s sports | ||||||||
 Division I | 3.22 | 0.14 | 0.11 | 0.18 | Ref |  |  |  |
 Division II | 1.65 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 0.31 | 0.50 |  < 0.01 |
 Division III | 2.57 | 0.11 | 0.06 | 0.16 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.89 | 0.01 |
 All divisions | 2.65 | 0.11 | 0.09 | 0.13 | – |  |  |  |