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Table 1 Characteristics of participants with or without dental injury

From: Factors associated with sports-related dental injuries among young athletes: a cross-sectional study in Miyagi prefecture

Variables

 

Dental injury

 
 

Non-injured, n (%)

Injured, n (%)

 

Total

4972 (86.7)

763 (13.3)

p value

Sex

Males

3540 (85.7)

592 (14.3)

<0.001

Females

1432 (89.3)

171 (10.7)

 

Grade

Elementary school

3926 (86.7)

604 (13.3)

0.900

Junior high school

1046 (86.8)

159 (13.2)

 

BMI

Underweight

3327 (86.2)

532 (13.8)

0.238

Normal weight

1508 (87.5)

215 (12.5)

 

Overweight

137 (89.5)

16 (10.5)

 

Sport

Baseball

1333 (86.8)

202 (13.2)

0.989

Soccer

1051 (86.4)

166 (13.6)

 

Volleyball

464 (87.1)

69 (12.9)

 

Basketball

1083 (87.1)

161 (12.9)

 

Judo

175 (85.8)

29 (14.2)

 

Kendo

339 (85.6)

57 (14.4)

 

Karate

160 (87.4)

23 (12.6)

 

Handball

28 (82.4)

6 (17.6)

 

Tennis

96 (85.0)

17 (15.0)

 

Athletics

97 (85.8)

16 (14.2)

 

Table Tennis

57 (89.1)

7 (10.9)

 

Badminton

89 (89.9)

10 (10.1)

 

Contact sport

Non-contact

339 (87.1)

50 (12.9)

0.960

Limited-contact

2868 (87.0)

430 (13.0)

 

Semi-contact

508 (86.2)

81 (13.8)

 

Full-contact

1257 (86.2)

202 (13.8)

 

Team level

Local competition

2844 (87.2)

416 (12.8)

0.019

Prefectural competition

1752 (86.8)

267 (13.2)

 

District competition

376 (82.5)

80 (17.5)

 

Experience (years)

≤1

2138 (87.4)

309 (12.6)

0.428

>1 to <5

2269 (86.2)

363 (13.8)

 

≥5

565 (86.1)

91 (13.9)

 

Training days per week

<3

2846 (87.2)

417 (12.8)

0.179

≥3

2126 (86.0)

346 (14.0)

 

Enjoyment in playing sport

Yes

4880 (86.8)

739 (13.2)

0.018

No

92 (79.3)

24 (20.7)

 

The time for breaks

Sufficient

4453 (87.1)

662 (12.9)

0.007

Insufficient

499 (83.2)

101 (16.8)

 

Verbal abuse from coaches

No

3954 (87.6)

559 (12.4)

<0.001

Yes

1018 (83.3)

204 (16.7)

 

Physical punishment from coaches

No

4388 (87.4)

634 (12.6)

<0.001

Yes

584 (81.9)

129 (18.1)

 

Screen time per day (hours)

≤3

1772 (86.7)

273 (13.3)

0.168

>3 to <5

1836 (87.5)

263 (12.5)

 

≥5

1364 (85.7)

227 (14.3)

 

Sleep time per day (hours)

≤8.5

1725 (85.9)

284 (14.1)

0.384

>8.5 to <9

1009 (87.0)

151 (13.0)

 

≥9

2238 (87.2)

328 (12.8)

 
  1. BMI body mass index
  2. P values representing significant differences (<0.05) are indicated in bold