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Table 2 Point prevalence of low back pain and extracurricular sports activities among girls 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 (%)

1126 (49.4)

1322 (48.5)

1422 (52.5)

660 (23.2)

746 (27.0)

2437 (89.3)

 LBP (+) /LBP (−)

35/1091

42/1280

49/1373

42/618

55/691

196/2241

 LBP (+) /n (%)

3.1

3.2

3.4

6.4

7.4

8.0

ECSA (+)

 n (%)

1154 (50.6)

1405 (51.5)

1284 (47.5)

2188 (76.8)

2016 (73.0)

292 (10.7)

 LBP (+) /LBP (−)

29/1125

65/1340

82/1202

163/2005

180/1836

40/252

 LBP (+) /n (%)

2.5

4.6

6.4

7.5

8.9

13.7

 Odds ratio

0.80

1.48

1.91

1.20

1.23

1.81

 (95% CI)

(0.49–1.32)

(1.00–2.20)†

(1.33–2.75)**

(0.84–1.70)

(0.90–1.69)

(1.26–2.61)**

 PAF (%)

−10.7

19.0**

28.8**

12.2

13.3

7.0

  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 girls was compared with that among boys. P = 0.05, **P < 0.01