Table 1 Participant’s descriptive data
From: Musculoskeletal symptoms in an adolescent athlete population: a comparative study
Athlete | Control | Sig. | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sample (n) | 1771 | 700 | |
Age (years) | 14.12 ± 1.22 | 14.69 ± 1.38 | p < 0.001 |
Gender n (%) | |||
Female | 847 (48.0) | 376 (54.3) | Χ2 = 8.009 |
Male | 918 (52.0) | 316 (45.7) | p = 0.005 |
Weight (kg) | 56.96 ± 11.58 | 57.64 ± 13.64 | t = 1.204 |
p = 0.229 | |||
Height (m) | 1.67 ± 0.10 | 1.66 ± 0.10 | p = 0.007 |
Age adjusted BMI n (%) | |||
Underweight | 34 (2.1) | 17 (2.8) | Χ2 = 18.759 |
Healthy | 1,341 (84.2) | 476 (78.3) | p < 0.001 |
Overweight | 154 (9.7) | 65 (10.7) | |
Obese | 63 (4.0) | 50 (8.2) | |
Weekly frequency of physical activity practice (n) | |||
High intensity | 4.90 ± 1.48 | 3.02 ± 1.85 | p < 0.001 |
Moderate | 3.79 ± 2.13 | 3.14 ± 2.04 | p < 0.001 |
Walking | 4.38 ± 2.47 | 4.56 ± 2.42 | p = 0.050 |
Minutes of high intensity physical activity per week (%) | |||
0–209 | 323 (17.7) | 388 (57.6) | ×2 = 477.263 |
210–419 | 416 (22.9) | 181 (26.9) | p < 0.001 |
≥ 420 | 1,081 (59.4) | 104 (15.4) | |