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Table 1 Point prevalence of low back pain and extracurricular sports activities among boys by grade

From: Gender differences in the prevalence of low back pain associated with sports activities in children and adolescents: a six-year annual survey of a birth cohort in Niigata City, Japan

Variable

E4

E5

E6

J1

J2

J3

ECSA (−)

 n (%)

607 (28.0)

701 (27.0)

883 (34.3)

377 (13.6)

439 (16.5)

2186 (83.9)

 LBP (+) /LBP (−)

15/592

23/678

42/841

22/355

35/404

180/2006

 LBP (+) /n (%)

2.5

3.3

4.8

5.8

8.0

8.2

ECSA (+)

 n (%)

1564 (72.0)

1891 (73.0)

1684 (65.6)

2394 (86.4)

2220 (83.5)

421 (16.1)

 LBP (+) /LBP (−)

44/1520

63/1828

98/1586

171/2223

215/2005

64/357

 LBP (+) /n (%)

2.8

3.3

5.8

7.1

9.7

15.2

 Odds ratio

1.14

1.02

1.24

1.24

1.24

2.00

 (95% CI)

(0.63–2.07)

(0.63–1.65)

(0.85–1.79)

(0.79–1.96)

(0.85–1.80)

(1.47–2.71)**

 PAF (%)

9.1*

1.1

12.8

16.2

15.2

12.0

  1. Abbreviations: ECSA extracurricular sports activities, n number of students, LBP low back pain, PAF population attributable fraction, CI confidence interval. E4–E6 and J1–J3 refer to elementary school grades 4–6 and junior high school grades 1–3, respectively. The PAF among boys was compared with that among girls. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01