Table 2 Demographics and key variables stratified into gender and onset of knee pain*
From: Care-seeking behaviour of adolescents with knee pain: a population-based study among 504 adolescents
Traumatic onset | Insidious onset | Comparison between females | Comparison between males | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Female (n = 110) | Male (n = 50) | Female (n = 253) | Male (n = 91) | |||
Age [years] median and (IQR) | 17 (17–18) | 18 (17–18) | 17 (16–18) | 17 (17–18) | 0.138 | 0.132 |
Height [cm], mean (95%CI) | 168.2 (166.9-169.5) | 182.7 (181.1-184.9) | 168.1 (167.2-168.9) | 182.3 (181.0-183.6) | 0.903 | 0.720 |
Weight [kg], mean (95%CI ) | 64.2 (62.1-66.3) | 74.7 (71.8-77.6) | 61.1 (59.9-62.4) | 72.6 (70.6-74.5) | 0.012 | 0.211 |
BMI [kg/m2], median (QR) | 22.1 (20.2-24.8) | 22.2 (20.7-24.5) | 21.1 (19.5.2-23.1) | 21.6 (20.2-23.5) | 0.003 | 0.232 |
Gender distribution [% of all in the cohort] (95%CI) | 21.8 (14.1-29.5) | 9.9 (1.6-18.2) | 50.2 (44.0-56.4) | 18.1 (10.2-26.0) | <0.0001 | 0.19 |
Participation in sports during leisure time [% who answered yes] (95%CI) | 67.0 (58.1-75.9) | 75.5 (63.3-87.7) | 70.7 (65.0-76.4) | 76.7 (67.9-85.5) | 0.478 | 0.878 |
Pain frequency (%) | ||||||
Daily | 36.4 | 16.0 | 25.3 | 26.4 | 0.067 | 0.201 |
More than once per week | 17.3 | 14.0 | 23.3 | 13.1 | ||
Weekly | 30.0 | 30.0 | 26.9 | 36.3 | ||
Monthly | 16.4 | 41.0 | 24.5 | 24.2 | ||
Pain duration [months], median (IQR) | 24 (12–42) | 18 (10–36) | 24 (12–48) | 24 (12–42) | 0.382 | 0.241 |
Have you sought medical care? [% who replied yes] (95%CI) | 80.0 (72.5-87.5) | 47.9 (33.6-62.2) | 55.7 (49.6-61.9) | 49.5 (39.1-59.8) | <0.0001 | 0.863 |
Currently under treatment? [% who replied yes] (95%CI) | 28.2 (19.7-36.6) | 20.0 (8.8-31.2) | 13.4 (9.2-17.7) | 14.3 (7.0-21.5) | 0.0001 | 0.524 |
EQ-5D index score, median (IQR) | 0.78 (0.71-0.82) | 0.78 (0.76-0.82) | 0.78 (0.72-0.82) | 0.78 (0.78-0.82) | 0.246 | 0.8984 |
EQ-5D-vas, median (IQR) | 72 (60–82) | 75 (65–88) | 72 (54–85) | 79 (68–88) | 0.868 | 0.619 |