PMID- 12383654
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20021220
LR  - 20191106
IS  - 0167-5877 (Print)
IS  - 0167-5877 (Linking)
VI  - 55
IP  - 3
DP  - 2002 Oct 15
TI  - Risk factors and sources of variation in horse falls in steeplechase racing in 
      the UK.
PG  - 179-92
AB  - We identified risk factors associated with falling during steeplechase racing. We 
      used retrospective data from all steeplechase runs on UK racecourses during 1999: 
      10,866 starts with 647 horse falls. The relationship between continuous variables 
      and falling was assessed using generalised additive models (GAMs). Polynomial 
      fits then were included in a multilevel, multivariable logistic-regression model. 
      The number of runners had a linear, positive association with the risk of 
      falling. The distance of the race had a non-linear relationship with the risk of 
      falling; the risk steadily increased in races up to 23 furlongs (1furlong 
      approximately equals 198 m), and then decreased in longer races. Age also had a 
      significant, non-linear relationship with the risk of falling: a decreasing risk 
      up to 12 years of age followed by an increasing risk in older horses. Horses that 
      wore visors and had raced previously were associated with a decrease in the risk 
      of falling. Intra-class correlation coefficients (ICCs) showed that although most 
      of the variation resided at the start (level 1), a proportion of variation in the 
      risk of falling could be attributed to horse and race. Trainer and jockey 
      contributed very little to the variation in the risk of falling.
CI  - Copyright 2002 Elsevier Science B.V.
FAU - Pinchbeck, G L
AU  - Pinchbeck GL
AD  - Epidemiology Group, Department of Veterinary Clinical Science and Animal 
      Husbandry, University of Liverpool, Chester High Road, Leahurst, Neston CH64 7TE, 
      South Wirral, UK. ginap@liv.ac.uk
FAU - Clegg, P D
AU  - Clegg PD
FAU - Proudman, C J
AU  - Proudman CJ
FAU - Morgan, K L
AU  - Morgan KL
FAU - Wood, J L N
AU  - Wood JL
FAU - French, N P
AU  - French NP
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Prev Vet Med
JT  - Preventive veterinary medicine
JID - 8217463
SB  - IM
MH  - Accidental Falls/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Age Factors
MH  - Animals
MH  - Female
MH  - Horses/*physiology
MH  - Logistic Models
MH  - Male
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - *Sports
MH  - United Kingdom
MH  - Weight-Bearing
EDAT- 2002/10/18 04:00
MHDA- 2002/12/21 04:00
CRDT- 2002/10/18 04:00
PHST- 2002/10/18 04:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2002/12/21 04:00 [medline]
PHST- 2002/10/18 04:00 [entrez]
AID - S0167587702000983 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/s0167-5877(02)00098-3 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Prev Vet Med. 2002 Oct 15;55(3):179-92. doi: 10.1016/s0167-5877(02)00098-3.