Table 1.
Demographic and socioeconomic data of patients with IMP and controls.
| Groups |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Control (n = 25) | IMP (n = 26) | ||
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age (years) | 13.9 (1.6) | 14.4 (1.4) | 0.220b |
| Education (years) | 9.6 (2.5) | 10.3 (1.7) | 0.217b |
| Family income (minimum wage) | 4.9 (3.7) | 3.0 (2.5) | 0.397b |
| Economic class | n (%) | n (%) | |
| A | 3 (12) | 1 (3.8) | 0.147a |
| B | 11 (44) | 6 (23.1) | |
| C | 11 (44) | 17 (65.4) | |
| D/E | 0 (0) | 2 (7.7) | |
| School type | |||
| Public | 22 (88) | 20 (76.9) | 0.465a |
| Private | 3 (12) | 6 (23.1) | |
| Menarche | |||
| No | 4 (16) | 5 (19.2) | 1.000a |
| Yes | 21 (84) | 21 (80.8) | |
| Nutritional status | |||
| Underweight | 2 (8) | 2 (8) | 0.132a |
| Eutrophic | 17 (68) | 19 (73) | |
| Overweight/Obese | 6 (24) | 5 (19) | |
IMP, idiopathic musculoskeletal pain; SD, standard deviation.
a
Descriptive level of Fisher’s exact test.
b
Descriptive level of Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney test.