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Table 2 Characteristics of the sample

From: Is undergraduate physiotherapy study a risk factor for low back pain? A prevalence study of LBP in physiotherapy students

 

Year level

Overall

 

1

2

3

4

 

Response rate (%)

80 (N = 80)

82 (N = 76)

49 (N = 34)

71 (N = 60)

72 (N = 250)

Gender (%)

     

• Male

26 (N = 21)

49 (N = 36)

21 (N = 7)

40 (N = 24)

36 (N = 90)

• Female

74 (N = 59)

51 (N = 40)

79 (N = 27)

60 (N = 36)

64 (N = 160)

Mean age in years (SD)

19.1 (2.2)

20.8 (3.1)

19.9 (1.6)

21.6 (1.9)

20.3 (2.6)

Mean length of study in years (Range)

0 (-)

1.1 (1–3)

2 (-)

3.2 (3–5)

1.4 (0–5)

N available subjects

100

93

69

84

346