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Table 7 Risk factors for neck pain

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

Neck pain

 

All children with neck pain and those without spinal pain in any area (N=273, N with pain=50) R2=0.10

Parameter

df

Exp (B)

95% CI Exp (B)

p

Age

1

1.17

1.00-1.36

0.050

Gender

1

1.46

0.74-2.88

0.274

Spinal pain parents

1

3.25

0.90-11.82

0.073

Smoking parents

1

2.23

1.05-4.74

0.038

Computer/TV per week

1

0.49

0.18-1.32

0.156

Schoolbag

1

1.16

0.40-3.30

0.788

Trunk asymmetry

1

0.73

0.19-2.75

0.642

Posture

1

0.67

0.32-1.44

0.306

Coordination

1

1.17

0.54-2.55

0.692

Mobility

1

1.02

0.96-1.08

0.481

BMI

1

0.98

0.86-1.11

0.721