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Table 2 The distribution of hypermobility according to the applied assessment method

From: Self-rated joint hypermobility: the five-part questionnaire evaluated in a Swedish non-clinical adult population

Assessment method

Hypermobile

Yes

No

5PQ (Reliability group, first assessment)

 Women: n (%)

6 (28.6)

15 (71.4)

 Men: n (%)

3 (30.0)

7 (70.0)

5PQ (Validity group)

 Women: n (%)

65 (38.2)

105 (61.8)

 Men: n (%)

22 (19.3)

92 (80.7)

BS according to present hypermobility with an age-dependent cut-off scorea

 Women: n (%)

20 (11.8)

150 (88.2)

 Men: n (%)

3 (2.6)

11 (97.4)

BS according to present hypermobility ≥ 4/9a

 Women: n (%)

42 (24.7)

128 (75.3)

 Men: n (%)

5 (4.4)

109 (95.6)

  1. 5PQ The five-part questionnaire on hypermobility
  2. BS Beighton Score
  3. aTwo different criteria of the reference standard test were used to identify generalised joint hypermobility: 1) a present Beighton Score with an age-dependent cut-off of ≥5/9 for individuals 18–50 years and ≥ 4/9 for individuals > 50 years and 2) a present BS with the traditional cut-off of ≥4/9