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Table 2 Characteristics of the participants who had missing data about knee pain or not

From: Risk factors for the occurrence and protraction of patellar and patellar tendon pain in children and adolescents: a prospective cohort study of 3 years

 

Missing data (−) (n = 804)

Missing data (+) (n = 329)

Age (y)

 8

264 (32.8)

28 (8.5)

 9

96 (11.9)

10 (3.0)

 10

89 (11.1)

20 (6.1)

 11

20 (2.5)

82 (24.9)

 12

210 (26.1)

52 (15.8)

 13

120 (14.9)

14 (4.3)

 14

5 (0.6)

123 (37.4)

Sex

 Girls

407 (50.6)

175 (53.2)

 Boys

397 (49.4)

154 (46.8)

BMI (kg/m2)

17.1 ± 2.5

18.3 ± 2.5

Lower limb tightness

 Rt HBD (cm)

1.0 ± 2.3

2.2 ± 3.7

 Lt HBD (cm)

0.9 ± 2.2

2.1 ± 3.6

 Rt SLRA (deg)

77.4 ± 13.6

75.3 ± 11.6

 Lt SLRA (deg)

77.5 ± 13.8

75.4 ± 11.7

 Rt DFA (deg)

16.0 ± 7.1

14.8 ± 6.5

 Lt DFA (deg)

15.6 ± 7.0

14.6 ± 6.3

 HSS Pedi-FABS

15.9 ± 7.9

14.6 ± 8.4

  1. Data on age and sex are presented as number (prevalence), while BMI, HBD, SLRA, DFA, and HSS Pedi-FABS are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. BMI Body mass index, HBD Heel-buttock distance, SLRA Straight leg raising angle, DFA Dorsiflexion angle of the ankle joint with knee extension, HSS Pedi-FABS The Hospital for Special Surgery Pediatric Functional Activity Brief Scale