Table 1.

Physical characteristics and prevalence of neck/shoulder pain in females (n = 351) and males (n = 292).

Descriptor	Females	Males	p-value
Physical characteristics (mean, SD)
Age (years)	14.0 (0.19)	14.0 (0.19)	0.184
Height (cm)	162.4 (6.3)	166.4 (9.1)	<0.0001
Mass (kg)	56.7 (12.3)	57.5 (13.1)	0.458
BMI (kg/m2)	21.4 (4.1)	20.6 (3.7)	0.018
Prevalence of neck/shoulder pain (%)
no neck pain	49.1	58.3	0.02
neck pain ever	50.9	41.7	0.02
neck pain in past month	34.1	23.5	0.003
chronic neck pain (> 3 month duration)	9.2	6.2	0.164