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Table 5 Risk factors for low back pain

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

Low back pain

 

All children with low back pain and those without spinal pain in any area (N=279, N with pain=56) R2=0.26

Parameter

df

Exp (B)

95% CI Exp (B)

p

Age

1

1.38

1.18-1.62

<0.001

Gender

1

2.45

1.20-5.00

0.014

Spinal pain parents

1

2.98

0.92-9.61

0.068

Smoking parents

1

1.55

0.66-3.62

0.314

Computer/TV per week

1

1.39

0.62-3.10

0.425

Schoolbag

1

0.44

0.15-1.36

0.154

Trunk asymmetry

1

3.15

1.25-7.92

0.015

Posture

1

1.19

0.54-2.62

0.673

Coordination

1

0.48

0.17-1.34

0.161

Mobility

1

0.94

0.88-1.01

0.110

BMI

1

0.98

0.86-1.13

0.822