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. 2024 Nov 21;24:757. doi: 10.1186/s12887-024-05194-z

Table 2.

Demographics of participants

Phase of life N Age (SD)
(missing values N = 0/0.0%)
Gender (f/m)
(missing values N = 4/0.7%)
Spinal pain severity lifetime
(missing values N = 68/14.9%)
Spinal pain severity last week
(missing values N = 43/9.4%)
No pain One-sited moderate pain One-sited severe / multiple moderate / multiple severe pain No pain One-sited moderate pain One-sited severe /
multiple moderate / multiple severe pain

All participants

(6–16 years)

457

10.9

(3.0)

233/220

(51.4/48.6%)

188

(48.3%)

78

(20.1%)

123

(31.6%)

301

(72.7%)

57

(13.8%)

56

(13.5%)

Childhood

(6–10 years)

211

8.2

(1.4)

103/106

(49.3/50.7%)

115

(62.5%)

36

(19.6%)

33

(17.9%)

164

(84.1%)

20

(10.3%)

11

(5.6%)

Early adolescence (11–14 years) 184

12.4

(1.1)

95/89

(51.6/48.4%)

65

(41.7%)

35

(22.4%)

56

(35.9%)

117

(70.1%)

26

(15.6%)

24

(14.4%)

Mid adolescence (15–16 years) 62

15.6

(0.5)

35/25

(58.3/41.7)

8

(16.3%)

7

(14.3%)

34

(69.4%)

20

(38.5%)

11

(21.2%)

21

(40.4%)

f = female, m = male, SD = standard deviation