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Table 3 Pain and hypermobility

From: Adolescent obesity, joint pain, and hypermobility

 

Obese (n = 91)

Non-obese (n = 51)

p value

Musculoskeletal pain

Any musculoskeletal pain (%)

22

24

0.83

Lower extremity pain (%)

14

10

0.31

Hypermobility

Hypermobile 6 (%)

2

2

0.71

(≥6 Beighton score)

Hypermobile 4 (%)

14

10

0.31

(≥4 on Beighton score)

Thumbs (%)

24

25

0.86

Elbows (%)

8

22

0.02

Knees (%)

13

12

0.81

Fingers (%)

9

2

0.10

Trunk (%)

4

2

0.41

  1. All values are percentages. For categorical variables, the Chi 2 or the Fisher’s exact test was used where appropriate.
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