Regional brain gray matter volume in world-class artistic gymnasts

Table 1 Characteristics of world-class gymnasts who participated in this study

World-class gymnasts	Recent medal records	Age (years)	Years of training (years)	D-score
World-class gymnasts	Recent medal records	Age (years)	Years of training (years)	Floor exercise	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Mean ± SD
1	DTB team challenge 2017, bronze medal	20	14	5.3	6.0	5.6	5.2	5.8	5.6	5.58 ± 0.30
2	WC 2018 Tokyo cup, silver medal	21	14	6.0	5.8	6.0	5.6	6.2	5.1	5.78 ± 0.39
2	WGC 2018, bronze medal	21	14	6.0	5.8	6.0	5.6	6.2	5.1	5.78 ± 0.39
3	WGC 2015, gold medal	21	12	5.9	6.4	6.1	5.2	6.3	5.7	5.93 ± 0.44
3	WGC 2018, bronze medal	21	12	5.9	6.4	6.1	5.2	6.3	5.7	5.93 ± 0.44
4	Asian Games 2018, silver medal	21	19	6.0	6.0	5.7	5.2	6.2	5.7	5.80 ± 0.35
4	Universiade 2017, gold medal	21	19	6.0	6.0	5.7	5.2	6.2	5.7	5.80 ± 0.35
5	WGC 2015, gold medal	22	13	6.2	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.4	5.9	5.57 ± 0.39
6	DTB team challenge 2018, bronze medal	20	10	5.9	6.3	5.6	5.2	5.7	5.2	5.65 ± 0.42
7	DTB team challenge 2018, bronze medal	19	14	5.5	5.1	5.6	5.2	5.9	6.1	5.57 ± 0.39
8	Voronin cup 2016, gold medal	19	14	5.6	5.8	5.5	4.8	6.0	5.8	5.58 ± 0.42
9	IJGC 2015, gold medal	18	14	5.9	5.7	5.0	5.6	5.5	4.8	5.42 ± 0.43
10	Asian Games 2018, silver medal	18	12	5.9	6.1	5.3	5.2	6.0	5.6	5.68 ± 0.38
10	All Japan 2018, gold medal	18	12	5.9	6.1	5.3	5.2	6.0	5.6	5.68 ± 0.38
	Mean ± SD	19.9 ± 1.4	13.6 ± 2.3	5.82 ± 0.27	5.86 ± 0.39	5.57 ± 0.33	5.24 ± 0.23	5.90 ± 0.30	5.55 ± 0.40
			r² vs Mean	0.08	0.33	0.73**	0.002	0.69**	0.03

Correlations between D (or E) -scores and mean values in each event are also indicated. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.001, ***p < 0.0001
All WCGs in this study have won medals in gymnastics world championships since 2015
D-score difficulty score, E-score execution score, DTB Deutscher Turner-Bund, WGC World Gymnastics Championships, WC World Cup, IJGC International Junior Gymnastics Competition, SD standard deviation

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