Cervico-thoracic pain and associated impairments in air force personnel: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic data of included participants; fighter pilots (n = 36), helicopter pilots (n = 18), rear crew (n = 19).

	All		FP		HP		RC		p-value
Age (years)	39	(8)	35^a,b	(7)	43^a	(8)	43^b	(7)	0.000
Height (m)	1.81	(0.06)	1.82	(0.06)	1.80	(0.06)	1.78	(0.06)	0.078
Weight (kg)	82	(9)	81	(7)	85	(12)	79	(7)	0.144
TFT (h)	1500	(1625)	1400^a	(1300)	2700^a,c	(2125)	1000^c	(900)	0.003
AFT (h)	110	(80)	120	(53)	113	(103)	68^d	(94)	0.086

Data are presented as mean, SD with one-way ANOVA for age, height and weight, and median with interquartile range for TFT and ANFT.
TFT: Total flight time, AFT: annual flight time (i.e., previous 12 months), FP: Fighter pilots, HP: Helicopter pilots, RC: Rear crew.
P-values in bold represent significant difference between FP, HP and RC. Post-hoc analysis with Bonferroni adjusted p-values (p = 0.05/3): a: p < 0.017 between FP and HP. b: p < 0.017 between FP and RC. c: p < 0.017 between HP and RC. d: missing data, n = 3.

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