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. 2021 Nov 18;58(1):29–36. doi: 10.4085/1062-6050-281-21

Table 2.

Association of Reported Face Mask Use With the COVID-19 Incidence in Each Sport Among US High School Athletes During Fall 2020a

Sport
No. (%)
Incidence Rate Ratio (95% CI)
P Value
Baseball 39 (26.4) 1.2 (0.44, 2.93) .69
Boys' basketball 74 (25.7) 0.53 (0.33, 0.83) .008
Girls' basketball 78 (22.6) 0.36 (0.19, 0.63) <.001
Cheer or dance 96 (18.3) 0.75 (0.53, 1.03) .081
Cross-country 123 (15.7) 0.86 (0.53, 1.31) .5
Football 94 (14.0) 0.79 (0.59, 1.04) .10
Boys' golf 69 (18.9) 0.57 (0.17, 1.42) .28
Boys' soccer 74 (24.5) 1.1 (0.65, 1.71) .77
Girls' soccer 70 (20.5) 1.3 (0.76, 2.18) .3
Softball 39 (17.3) 0.53 (0.12, 1.71) .34
Girls' volleyball 120 (22.0) 0.53 (0.37, 0.73) <.001
a

Incidence rate ratios and Wald CIs from separate, mixed-effects Poisson models in each sport to predict COVID-19 cases with local incidence, school instruction type, and face mask use (yes or no) as fixed effects, school as a random effect, and log (player-days) as an offset,