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Table 1 Characteristics of the study participants and non-participants

From: Is being a regular player with fewer teammates associated with musculoskeletal pain in youth team sports? A cross-sectional study

 

Analyzed participants

Excluded students

 

Total

No pain

Pain

p valuec

Individual sportsd

No sports

Invalid responsee

p valuef

Number of participants, n (%)

632

342

272 (44.3)

 

331

630

223

 

Sex, female, %

40.7

40.6

40.8

0.96

40.5

78.4

34.1

0.019

Age, years

13.8 ± 1.5

13.7 ± 1.5

14.0 ± 1.6

<0.05

14.7 ± 1.6

14.4 ± 1.6

13.5 ± 1.4

<0.001

Body mass index, kg/m2

19.0 ± 2.4

18.9 ± 2.5

19.1 ± 2.3

0.21

19.9 ± 3.2

19.6 ± 2.8

18.7 ± 2.6

<0.001

Sleep length, h/d

7.8 ± 1.8

7.9 ± 2.1

7.6 ± 0.9

<0.05

7.3 ± 0.9

7.2 ± 1.0

7.8 ± 0.9

<0.001

Screen time, h/wk

20.7 ± 10.9

21.5 ± 11.1

19.6 ± 10.6

0.06

21.5 ± 10.7

20.6 ± 12.5

21.5 ± 10.7

0.185

Sports activity time, h/wk

18.4 ± 6.0

17.7 ± 5.6

19.1 ± 6.3

<0.01

15.7 ± 6.1

-

16.3 ± 10.7

<0.001

Regular player, %

48.4

46.5

51.9

0.19

60.2

-

45.2

0.266

Type of team sport, n (%)a

        

 Baseball

176

100

73 (42.2)

 

-

-

-

 

 Softball

102

56

42 (42.9)

 

-

-

-

 

 Basketball

111

50

57 (53.3)

 

-

-

-

 

 Soccer

40

21

17 (44.7)

 

-

-

-

 

 Volleyball

200

113

82 (42.1)

 

-

-

-

 

 Other

3

2

1 (33.4)

 

-

-

-

 

Teammate quantity indexb

1.3 ± 0.6

1.3 ± 0.5

1.4 ± 0.6

0.16

-

-

-

 
  1. Values are numbers and percentages for categorical variables and mean ± standard deviation for continuous variables. Sample sizes of number counts vary because of missing values
  2. aPrevalence of pain (%) within the type of sport
  3. bTeammate quantity index = [number of teammates in their grade]/[required number of players for the sport]
  4. cComparison between students with and without pain by t-test or Pearson’s chi-squared test
  5. dTrack and field, Soft tennis, Table tennis, Badminton, Kendo, Judo, Karate and Swimming
  6. eMissing information on sport type and playing status
  7. fComparison of included and excluded groups by chi-squared test or Kruskal-Wallis test