Falls and falls-related injuries in individuals with chronic ankle symptoms: a cross-sectional study

Table 1 Demographic outcomes for participants with chronic ankle symptoms (n = 134) and controls (n = 92)

	Chronic ankle symptoms	Controls	p-value
Female, n (%) ^a	91 (68%)	61 (66%)	0.80
Age, years ^b	54.2 (12.3)	54.5 (13.7)	0.87
FAAM-ADL, % ^c	67.1 (14.9)	91.5 (15.4)	< 0.001
Number of musculoskeletal pain sites, /13 ^d	7 (4, 10)	1 (0, 3)	< 0.001
Pain severity at sites other than the ankle, /10 ^d	6 (3, 8)	2 (0, 3)	< 0.001
Multimorbidity, n (%) ^a	68 (51%)	20 (22%)	< 0.001

FAAM-ADL The Foot and Ankle Ability Measure-Activities of Daily Living subscale
FAAM data are based on 51 control and 69 symptomatic due to missing data
^aData presented as number (%) and analysed with chi-squared tests
Data presented as mean (standard deviation) and analysed using ^b t-tests and ^c ANCOVA (age, sex, and severity of pain in body in areas other than the ankle as covariates)
^dData presented as median (inter-quartile range) and analysed using Wilcoxon rank-sum tests

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