Characteristics of male athletes with (n=15) or without (n=43) long-standing groin pain
| Soccer (n=22) | Ice-hockey (n=23) | Bandy (n=13) | P value* | ||||
| Pain group | Controls | Pain group | Controls | Pain group | Controls | ||
| Number of athletes | 6 | 16 | 7 | 16 | * | 11 | 0.6011 |
| Age (years, median ±SD) | 23±5.1 | 22±2.2 | 27±7.4 | 25±6.5 | 31±0.7 | 28±3.2 | 0.0033 |
| BMI (kg/cm2, median ±SD) | 23±1.1 | 23±1.4 | 26±1.7 | 25±2.0 | 25±1.8 | 23±0.8 | 0.0116 |
| Symptoms (months, median ±SD) | 4.0±1.4 | – | 3.1±1.0 | – | 3.5±1.6 | – | 0.4495 |
| Pain scores (0–100, median ±SD) | 5.3±2.2 | 0.8±0.9 | 5.7±0.9 | 1.1±0.9 | 6.5±0.7 | 0.1±0.1 | 0.6502 |
| Right/left/bilateral pain* | 2/4/0 | – | 2/4/1 | – | 2/0/0 | – | 0.4324 |
| Length of training season (months) | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0.82 | |||
| Length of competing season (months) | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0.8894 | |||
| Training per week (hours) | 10–15 | 12–15 | 8–12 | 0.6855 | |||
| Number of games/year: | 40 | 70 | 35 | 0.0017 | |||
*P values are distributed between different sports.
BMI, body mass index; VAS, visual analoque score.