Table 2.
Descriptive statistics of participants aged 8–10 years.
| Age (Years) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Years | 9 Years | 10 Years | Total | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Sex | (n = 65) | (n = 70) | (n = 72) | (n = 207) | ||||
| Female | 30 | 46% | 32 | 46% | 34 | 47% | 96 | 46% |
| Male | 35 | 54% | 38 | 54% | 38 | 53% | 111 | 54% |
| Orthopaedic | (n = 29) | (n = 25) | (n = 27) | (n = 81) | ||||
| Upper Limb Fracture | 13 | 45% | 9 | 36% | 9 | 33% | 31 | 38% |
| Lower Limb Fracture | 6 | 21% | 10 | 40% | 6 | 22% | 22 | 27% |
| Surgical correction of acquired or congenital orthopaedic condition # | 5 | 17% | 4 | 16% | 10 | 37% | 19 | 23% |
| Other * | 5 | 17% | 2 | 8% | 2 | 7% | 9 | 11% |
| Functional Disability | (n = 11) | (n = 12) | (n = 13) | (n = 36) | ||||
| Developmental Co-ordination Disorder ꭞ | 6 | 55% | 8 | 67% | 7 | 54% | 21 | 58% |
| Cerebral Palsy | 1 | 9% | 2 | 17% | 3 | 23% | 6 | 17% |
| Spina Bifida | 2 | 18% | 1 | 8% | 2 | 15% | 5 | 14% |
| Developmental Delay | 1 | 9% | 1 | 8% | 1 | 8% | 3 | 8% |
| Traumatic Brain Injury | 1 | 9% | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 1 | 3% |
| Respiratory | (n = 7) | (n = 7) | (n = 12) | (n = 26) | ||||
| Atopy | 3 | 43% | 2 | 29% | 7 | 58% | 12 | 46% |
| Cystic Fibrosis | 2 | 29% | 2 | 29% | 1 | 8% | 5 | 19% |
| Bronchiectasis | 0 | 0% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 17% | 2 | 8% |
| Other ¥ | 2 | 29% | 3 | 43% | 2 | 17% | 7 | 27% |
| General Population | (n = 18) | (n = 26) | (n = 20) | (n = 64) | ||||
| None | 16 | 89% | 21 | 81% | 16 | 80% | 53 | 83% |
| Atopy | 1 | 6% | 5 | 19% | 2 | 10% | 8 | 13% |
| Other § | 1 | 6% | 0 | 0% | 2 | 10% | 3 | 5% |
# Includes Blount’s disease, osteogenesis imperfecta, developmental dysplasia of the hip, leg, length discrepancy and spinal deformity; * includes osteitis, septic arthritis and traumatic amputation; ꭞ includes learning disability and Human Immunodeficiency Virus; ¥ includes damage to the lungs post-acute viral infection, congenital abnormalities of the respiratory system and idiopathic pulmonary haemorrhage; § includes osteogenesis imperfecta and a congenital cardiac defect.