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Table 1 Participant characteristics and comparisons among pain groups

From: Associations between number of pain sites and sleep, sports participation, and quality of life: a cross-sectional survey of 1021 youth from the Midwestern United States

 

No Pain (n = 484)

Single Site Pain (n = 157)

Multi-Site Pain (n = 274)

Main Effect

NPvSSP

NPvMSP

SSPvMSP 

Sex, N (%)

Girls: 302 (62.8%)

Girls: 111 (70.3%)

Girls: 216 (78.5%)

p < 0.001

ns

ns

ns

Boys: 179 (37.2%)

Boys: 47 (29.7%)

Boys: 59 (21.5%)

Age, (years)

14.6 ± 2.0 (14.5–14.8)

15.0 ± 1.9 (14.7–15.3)

14.9 ± 1.9 (14.7–15.2)

p = 0.050

na

na

na

Height (m)

1.65 ± 0.14 (1.63–1.66)

1.66 ± 0.11 (1.64–1.67)

1.65 ± 0.12 (1.64–1.66)

p = 0.686

na

na

na

Weight (kg)

61.2 ± 18.3 (59.6–62.9)

62.0 ± 16.0 (59.5–64.5)

62.1 ± 15.7 (60.2–64.0)

p = 0.783

na

na

na

BMI (kg/m2)

22.5 ± 5.6 (21.9–23.0)

22.7 ± 5.8 (21.8–23.7)

22.8 ± 5.2 (22.2–23.4)

p = 0.702

na

na

na

  1. All variables reported as mean ± standard deviation (95% confidence interval), except for sex
  2. NP No Pain, SSP Single-Site Pain, MSP Multi-Site Pain, ns not significant, na not performed