Table I.
Demographic characteristics of the studying and employed musicians and controls.
| Studying vs. employed musicians | Soloists (n=18/18) | Choristers (n=72/74) | Keyboards and percussion (n=34/21) | String (n=51/28) | Brass (n=28/15) | Control (n=153/88) | P-value ** |
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| Studying: Age (years), median (IQR) | 21 (20 – 22) | 22 (20 – 23) | 20.5 (20 – 21.75) | 21 (20 – 21.5) | 20.5 (20 – 22) | 21 (20 – 22) | 0.003 |
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| Employed Age (years), median (IQR) | 36 (30.25 – 44) | 37 (30.25 – 40.75) | 35 (31 – 41) | 38.5 (32 – 43) | 35 (32 – 38.5) | 30 (24 – 36.25) | <0.001 |
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| p-value * | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | |
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Studying: Female, n (%) |
13 (72.22) | 39 (54.17) | 23 (67.65) | 24 (47.06) | 14 (50) | 134 (87.8) | <0.001 |
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Employed: Female, n (%) |
10 (55.56) | 28 (51.85) | 10 (47.62) | 17 (60.71) | 8 (53.33) | 50 (56.82) | 0.946 |
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| p-value * | 0.13/0.78 | 0.823/1 | 0.343/1 | 0.583/1 | 0.366/1 | <0.001 | |
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| Studying: Educational levels, n (%) | 0.016 | ||||||
| low: | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |
| middle: | 17 (94.44) | 59 (81.94) | 33 (97.06) | 50 (98.04) | 25 (89.29) | 128 (84.21) | |
| high: | 1 (5.56) | 13 (18.06) | 1 (2.94) | 1 (1.96) | 3 (10.71) | 24 (15.79) | |
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| Employed: Educational levels, nr (%) | <0.001 | ||||||
| low: | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 10 (11.36) | |
| middle: | 4 (22.22) | 8 (14.81) | 1 (4.76) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 30 (34.09) | |
| high: | 14 (77.78) | 46 (85.19) | 20 (95.24) | 28 (100) | 15 (100) | 48 (54.55) | |
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| p-value * | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | <0.001/<0.001 | |
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| Studying: BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 22.31 (19.75 – 24.93) | 21.63 (20.27 – 24.77) | 22.34 (19.66 – 25.3) | 21.09 (19.43 – 23.68) | 20.67 (19.6 – 22.24) | 20.7 (19.23 – 22.86) | 0.031 |
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| Employed: BM (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 23.14 (22.11 – 24.8) | 24.05 (21.48 – 26.9) | 24.8 (22.02 – 27.47) | 24.37 (21.68 – 27.14) | 23.34 (2.36 – 24.9) | 22.78 (20.2 – 25.7) | .492 |
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| p-value * | 0.195/0.980 | 0.007/0.042 | 0.004/0.024 | <0.001/<0.001 | 0.025/0.150 | <0.001/<0.001 | |
*
- uncorrected/Bonferroni corrected p-values for the comparisons between studying and employed groups within each musician type subgroups;
**
- p-values for the comparisons between all musician types and their corresponding control group within each education groups: studying and employed ones;
BMI – body mass index (weight in kg/height in sq.m), IQR – interquartile range.