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Table 1 Participant characteristics

From: Playing sport injured is associated with osteoarthritis, joint pain and worse health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study

 

All participants (n = 2233)

Never played sport injured (n = 508)

Played sport injured (n = 1725)

Participants aged ≥30 years (n = 2071)

Never played sport injured (n = 461)

Played sport injured (n = 1556)

Age (years)

51.7 (SD 14.7)

54.5 (SD 15.7)

50.7 (SD 14.2)

54.5 (SD 12.2)

57.6 (SD 13.0)

53.6 (SD 13.0)

Sex

 Male

2215 (97%)

477 (95%)

1680 (97%)

2008 (97%)

436 (95%)

1521 (98%)

 Female

65 (3%)

26 (5%)

36 (3%)

51 (3%)

21 (5%)

27 (2%)

BMI (kg/m2)

27.8 (SD 5.0)

27.8 (SD 5.6)

27.9 (SD 4.8)

28.1 (SD 4.9)

28.1 (SD 5.7)

28.0 (SD 4.7)

Cricket Seasons Played

30 (IQR 24)

27 (IQR 28)

35 (IQR 18)

30 (IQR 20)

30 (IQR 28)

31 (IQR 19)

Joints Injured

 0

1207 (53%)

369 (74%)

799 (47%)

1078 (53%)

331 (73%)

714 (47%)

 1+

1046 (47%)

130 (26%)

897 (53%)

958 (47%)

122 (27%)

817 (53%)

Orthopaedic Surgeries

 0

1472 (64%)

374 (74%)

1055 (61%)

1291 (62%)

332 (72%)

921 (59%)

 1+

797 (35%)

128 (26%)

652 (38%)

761 (37%)

124 (27%)

621 (39%)

Persistent joint pain

      

 No

848 (37%)

273 (55%)

552 (33%)

728 (35%)

239 (53%)

461 (31%)

 Yes

1412 (63%)

229 (45%)

1146 (67%)

1324 (65%)

217 (47%)

1071 (69%)

Physician diagnosed osteoarthritis

 No

1598 (72%)

394 (80%)

1161 (70%)

1391 (70%)

349 (78%)

1005 (67%)

 Yes

611 (27%)

98 (20%)

500 (30%)

602 (30%)

98 (22%)

491 (33%)

Standard-of-play

 Elite

872 (39%)

159 (32%)

690 (41%)

754 (37%)

138 (31%)

597 (39%)

 Recreational

1363 (61%)

336 (68%)

993 (59%)

1261 (63%)

311 (69%)

918 (61%)

History of 4+ week time loss injury

 No

1195 (53%)

366 (73%)

790 (47%)

1067 (52%)

328 (72%)

706 (46%)

 Yes

1058 (47%)

133 (27%)

906 (53%)

969 (48%)

125 (28%)

825 (54%)

  1. a Discrepancies in variable count are due to responses of ‘don’t know’