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Table 1 Characteristics of the study sample (N = 195)

From: Associations of sport participation with self-perception, exercise self-efficacy and quality of life among children and adolescents with a physical disability or chronic disease—a cross-sectional study

 

Mean

Standard deviation

Age (years)

14.3

2.8

 

n

%

Study1 (HAYS)

145

74.4

Sex (boys)

116

59.5

Sport participation2 (yes)

96

49.2

ACSM

 Cardiovascular

22

11.3

 Pulmonary

9

4.6

 Metabolic

16

8.2

 Musculoskeletal or orthopaedic

16

8.2

 Neuromuscular

103

52.8

 Immunological or haematological

18

9.2

 Cancer

3

1.5

 Epileptic

8

4.1

Education type3

 Special-education

65

33.3

  1. 1Participating in either the HAYS or the S2SF study
  2. 2Sport participation is defined here as participating in sport at least two times a week
  3. 3Education type could be regular education or special education