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Table 1 Study characteristics of children with sports-related concussion, stratified by race

From: Implication of Socio-Demographics on Cognitive-Related Symptoms in Sports Concussion Among Children

Variable

Race

 

White

Black/African American

Some Other Race

χ 2(df)

p

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex

9.66 (2)

0.008

 Male

680 (59.3)

122 (71.8)

70 (62.0)

 

 Female

466 (40.7)

48 (28.2)

43 (38.0)

Cognitive-related Symptoms

0.43 (2)

0.81

 Yes

899 (78.4)

130 (76.5)

87 (76.3)

 

 No

247 (21.6)

40 (23.5)

27 (23.7)

Insurance Coverage

105.1 (4)

<0.0001

 Private

1035 (90.3)

108 (63.5)

83 (73.5)

 

 Public

67 (5.9)

43 (25.3)

19 (16.8)

 Uninsured

44 (3.8)

19 (11.2)

11 (9.7)

Language

0.34 (2)

0.84

 English

834 (72.8)

123 (72.4)

85 (75.2)

 

 Spanish

312 (27.2)

47 (27.6)

28 (24.8)

Year Injured

36.2 (14)

0.001

 2007

6 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

 2008

33 (2.9)

3 (1.8)

2 (1.8)

 2009

134 (11.7)

19 (11.2)

2 (1.8)

 2010

182 (15.9)

38 (22.3)

11 (9.7)

 2011

205 (17.9)

24 (14.1)

18 (15.9)

 2012

163 (14.2)

26 (15.3)

24 (21.2)

 2013

293 (25.6)

50 (29.4)

34 (30.1)

 2014

130 (11.3)

10 (5.9)

22 (19.47)

  1. Notes and abbreviations: The type 1 error tolerance (significance level) was set at 5 % (0.05). n = number, % = percentage, df = degree of freedom, Pearson Chi-squared = χ 2