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Table 1 Demographic data

From: Gait pattern in 9-11-year-old children with generalized joint hypermobility compared with controls; a cross-sectional study

 

NGJH (n = 18)

GJH (n = 19)

p-value

Boys/girls

10/8

9/10

 

Beighton Score (0–9 points)

1.1 (1.1)

7.6 (1.0)

<0.001

Age (years)

10.2 (0.4)

10.1 (0.5)

0.66

Body height (m)

1.47 (0.05)

1.45 (0.06)

0.15

Body mass (kg)

36.2 (5.7)

36.4 (8.5)

0.92

BMI

16.6 (2.3)

17.2 (2.8)

0.53

Hours/week with sport

2.6 (2.3)

3.5 (2.3)

0.25

  1. Mean (SD) for children with Non-Generalized Joint Hypermobility (NGJH) and Generalized Joint Hypermobility (GJH). Significant differences (p-values <0.05) are marked in bold.