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Table 2 Comparison of athletes with and without self-reported pain

From: Epidemiological profile of pain and non-steroid anti-inflammatory drug use in collegiate athletes in the United States

Female athletes

Male athletes

 

All Divisions

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

All Divisions

 

Current Pain (n = 91)

No

Current Pain

(n = 111)

Current Pain

(n = 31)

No

Current Pain

(n = 44)

Current Pain

(n = 26)

No

Current Pain

(n = 43)

Current Pain

(n = 34)

No

Current Pain

(n = 24)

Current Pain

(n = 29)

No

Current Pain

(n = 47)

Alcohol use in past 30 days

 Yes

36 (40%)

35 (32%)

14 (45%)

15 (34%)

9 (25%)

11 (26%)

13 (38%)

9 (28%)

16 (55%)

13 (28%)

 No

55 (60%)

76 (68%)

17 (55%)

29 (66%)

17 (65%)

32 (74%)

21 (62%)

15 (63%)

13 (45%)

34 72%)

Hours of Sleep

 < 7 h

39 (43%)

28 (25%)

13 (42%)

5 (11%)

9 (35%)

12 (28%)

17 (50%)

11 (46%)

5 (17%)

10 (21%)

 7–8 h

45 (49%)

75 (68%)

15 (48%)

34 (77%)

14 (54%)

28 (65%)

16 (47%)

12 (50%)

23 (79%)

34 (72%)

 > 9 h

7 (8%)

8 (7%)

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*(%)

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* (*%)

* (*%)

History of Surgery

 Yes

20 (22%)

12 (11%)

5 (16%)

*(*%)

9 (25%)

5 (12%)

6 (18%)

*(*%)

8 (28%)

6 (13%)

 No

71 (79%)

99 (89%)

26 (84%)

41 (93%)

17 (65%)

38 (88%)

28 (82%)

20 (83%)

21 (72%)

41 (87%)

History of injury led to > 4 weeks’ time loss from sport

 Yes

12 (13%)

46 (41%)

23 (74%)

19 (43%)

20 (77%)

19 (44%)

18 (53%)

8 (33%)

24 (83%)

17 (36%)

 No

99 (87%)

65 (59%)

8 (26%)

25 (57%)

6 (335)

24 (56%)

16 (47%)

16 (66%)

5 (17%)

30 (64%)

Sport Played

 Collision

*(*%)

* (*%)

*(*)

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9 (31%)

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 Field and Court

43 (47%)

46 (41%)

16 (52%)

16 (36%)

13 (50%)

20 (47%)

14 (41%)

10 (42%)

12 (41%)

14 (29%)

 Bat, Ball, and Stick

17 (19%)

29 (26%)

7 (23%)

17 (39%)

*(*%)

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6 (18%)

9 (28%)

5 (17%)

21 (45%)

 Individual

29 (32%)

35 (23%)

7 (23%)

11 (25%)

8 (31%)

19 (44%)

14 (41%)

5 (21%)

3 (10%)

9 (19%)

Current NSAID use

 Yes

42 (46%)

23 (21%)

16 (52%)

7 (16%)

8 (31%)

9 (21%)

18 (53%)

7 (29%)

11 (38%)

6 (15%)

 No

45 (49%)

87 (78%)

13 (42%)

37 (84%)

18 (69%)

33 (77%)

14 (41%)

13 (54%)

17 (59%)

41 (87%)

 No Answer

* (*%)

* (*%)

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* (*%)

* (*%)

  1. Count discrepancies between female and male participants is due to missing data
  2. Data are reported as count (percent)
  3. *(*%) are used when counts are below 5 in order to protect participant identification
  4. NSAID Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug