Skip to main content

Table 4 Risk factors for spinal pain

From: Spine day 2012: spinal pain in Swiss school children– epidemiology and risk factors

Spinal pain

 

All children (N=434, N with pain=211) R2=0.20

Boys (N=211, N with pain=90) R2=0.17

Girls (N=223, N with pain=121) R2=0.26

Parameter

df

Exp (B)

95% CI Exp (B)

p

Exp (B)

95% CI Exp (B)

p

Exp (B)

95% CI Exp (B)

p

Gender

 

1.93

1.25-2.97

0.003

      

Age

1

1.31

1.19-1.44

<0.001

1.27

1.11-1.46

0.001

1.40

1.20-1.62

<0.001

Spinal pain parents

1

2.36

1.20-4.68

0.013

1.53

0.50-4.68

0.454

3.26

1.31-8.09

0.011

Smoking parents

1

2.11

1.25-3.57

0.005

2.39

1.14-5.00

0.020

2.19

1.00-4.80

0.051

Computer/TV per week

1

0.97

0.57-1.65

0.909

0.74

0.36-1.55

0.426

1.24

0.54-2.88

0.616

Schoolbag

1

0.68

0.33-1.37

0.275

3.61

0.81-16.00

0.092

0.27

0.11-0.68

0.005

Trunk asymmetry

1

1.68

0.85-3.30

0.135

1.03

0.39-2.74

0.958

3.36

1.15-9.84

0.027

Posture

1

1.01

0.64-1.59

0.971

0.95

0.50-1.83

0.887

1.15

0.59-2.25

0.687

Coordination

1

0.99

0.60-1.64

0.978

0.99

0.49-1.99

0.971

1.04

0.50-2.19

0.917

Mobility

1

1.00

0.96-1.04

0.927

1.01

0.96-1.07

0.711

0.99

0.93-1.05

0.705

BMI

1

1.01

0.94-1.09

0.738

0.99

0.87-1.12

0.817

1.05

0.95-1.17

0.358