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Table 2 Study characteristics of children with sports-related concussion, stratified by ethnicity

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

Variable

Ethnicity

 

Non-Hispanic/Latino

Hispanic/Latino

χ 2(df)

p

n (%)

n (%)

 

Sex

0.80 (1)

0.37

 Male

814 (61.3)

58 (56.9)

 

 Female

513 (38.7)

44 (43.1)

Cognitive-related Symptoms

0.69 (1)

0.41

 Yes

1033 (77.8)

83 (81.4)

 

 No

294 (22.2)

19 (18.6)

Insurance Coverage

14.6 (2)

0.001

 Private

1151 (86.7)

75 (73.5)

 

 Public

110 (8.3)

19 (18.6)

 Uninsured

66 (5.0)

8 (7.8)

Year Injured

21.3 (7)

0.003

 2007

6 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

 

 2008

37 (2.8)

1 (1.0)

 2009

149 (11.2)

6 (5.9)

 2010

223 (16.8)

8 (7.8)

 2011

233 (17.6)

14 (13.7)

 2012

197 (14.8)

16 (15.7)

 2013

341 (25.7)

36 (35.3)

 2014

141 (10.6)

21 (20.6)

  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