Table 2.
Study characteristics of children with sports-related concussion, stratified by ethnicity
| Variable | Ethnicity | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Hispanic/Latino | Hispanic/Latino | χ 2(df) | p | |
| n (%) | n (%) | |||
| Sex | 0.80 (1) | 0.37 | ||
| Male | 814 (61.3) | 58 (56.9) | ||
| Female | 513 (38.7) | 44 (43.1) | ||
| Cognitive-related Symptoms | 0.69 (1) | 0.41 | ||
| Yes | 1033 (77.8) | 83 (81.4) | ||
| No | 294 (22.2) | 19 (18.6) | ||
| Insurance Coverage | 14.6 (2) | 0.001 | ||
| Private | 1151 (86.7) | 75 (73.5) | ||
| Public | 110 (8.3) | 19 (18.6) | ||
| Uninsured | 66 (5.0) | 8 (7.8) | ||
| Year Injured | 21.3 (7) | 0.003 | ||
| 2007 | 6 (0.5) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 2008 | 37 (2.8) | 1 (1.0) | ||
| 2009 | 149 (11.2) | 6 (5.9) | ||
| 2010 | 223 (16.8) | 8 (7.8) | ||
| 2011 | 233 (17.6) | 14 (13.7) | ||
| 2012 | 197 (14.8) | 16 (15.7) | ||
| 2013 | 341 (25.7) | 36 (35.3) | ||
| 2014 | 141 (10.6) | 21 (20.6) | ||
Notes and abbreviations: The type 1 error tolerance (significance level) was set at 5 % (0.05). n = number, % = percentage, df = degree of freedom, Pearson Chi-squared = χ 2