Table 2 Measured characteristics of participants with and without lower back pain.
From: Lower back pain in physically demanding college academic programs: a questionnaire based study
LBP (n = 61) | Non-LBP (n = 127) | Significance | Effect Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 21.6 ± 3.5 | 20.6 ± 2.1 | p = 0.005 | 0.380 |
Height | 172.4 ± 8.1 | 171.5 ± 9.9 | p = 0.626 | 0.009 |
Weight | 66.9 ± 10.2 | 66.7 ± 10.5 | p = 0.802 | 0.002 |
Body mass index | 22.5 ± 2.9 | 22.6 ± 2.5 | p = 0.772 | 0.045 |
Academic sports participated in | 8.4 ± 7.3 | 6.8 ± 4.9 | p = 0.833 | 0.270 |
Personal Training Sports participated in | 4.0 ± 2.8 | 4.5 ± 2.3 | p = 0.068 | 0.200 |
Academic hours of physical activity | 8.5 ± 6.3 | 8.1 ± 3.1 | p = 0.918 | 0.097 |
Personal Training hours of physical activity. | 14.0 ± 2.8 | 11.2 ± 7.5 | p = 0.020 | 0.440 |