Evaluation of Anterior-Posterior Spine Curvatures and Incidence of Sagittal Defects in Children and Adolescents Practicing Traditional Karate

Table 1

Characteristics of anthropometric parameters depending on the group.

Variables	Group	N	± SD	Median	Min	Max	Z	p
Body weight [kg]	karate	76	38.67±12.56	36.85	19.90	66.80	-0.226	0.820
Body weight [kg]	controls	76	39.79±14.90	36.05	20.00	93.00
Body height [m]	karate	76	1.41±0.16	1.38	1.12	1.78	-2.134	0,031
Body height [m]	controls	76	1.47±0.17	1.47	1.00	1.86
BMI	karate	76	18.77±3.06	18.24	14.51	26.37	2.027	0,041
BMI	controls	76	18.00±3.15	17.38	11.76	27.08

Z - result of Mann–Whitney test; p - level of probability; N - number of observations; - arithmetic mean; Me - median; SD - standard deviation; significance at p<0.05