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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin J Sport Med. 2022 Mar 1;32(2):108–113. doi: 10.1097/JSM.0000000000000897

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of concussed athletes and healthy controls.

Concussed athletes
(n=69)
Healthy controls
(n=69)
p-value
Age in years, mean (SD) 16.0 (1.3) 15.8 (1.2) 0.33
Male, n (%) 34 (49) 37 (54) 0.61
Race/ethnicity, n (%) 0.97
 Non-Hispanic white 52 (75) 51 (74)
 Non-Hispanic black 8 (12) 8 (12)
 Other/unknown 9 (13) 10 (14)
History of prior concussions, n (%)* 32 (46) 24 (35) 0.14
Past medical history, n (%)
 Mood disorder (anxiety or depression) 11 (16) 4 (6) 0.06
 ADHD 8 (12) 10 (14) 0.61
 Motion sickness 5 (7) 4 (6) 0.73
 Vision abnormality (strabismus or amblyopia) 3 (4) 1 (1) 0.31
Days from injury to assessment, median (IQR) 10 (5,15) n/a
*

One concussed athlete had missing data on history of prior concussion.