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Table 6 Predictors for moderate/severe and frequent/daily pain in more than one spinal area (logistic regression analysis: 0=no, 1=yes)

From: Pain characteristics of adolescent spinal pain

 

Moderate/severe and frequent/daily pain in more than one spinal area (N=22) versus no pain (N=160)

 

B (SE)

OR:

95% CI

p adj

Exp B adj (Exp B unadj )

Exp B adj

Age

0.34 (0.16)

1.40 (1.48)

1.02-1.92

0.039

Gender

1.42 (0.61)

4.15 (3.65)

1.26-13.67

0.019

BMI

-0.06 (0.08)

0.94 (1.06)

0.80-1.11

0.478

Finger Floor Distance

-0.01 (0.03)

0.99 (0.99)

0.94-1.06

0.815

Adams sign

-0.16 (0.69)

0.85 (2.02)

0.22-3.27

0.812

Single leg stance with closed eyes

1.29 (0.65)

3.65 (1.75)

1.03-12.97

0.046

TV/computer activities

0.06 (0.04)

1.06 (1.05)

0.98-1.16

0.162

Parental back pain

-0.24 (0.75)

0.79 (0.87)

0.18-3.43

0.752

Parental smoking

0.09 (0.65)

1.10 (1.08)

0.31-3.95

0.886

Sleep disorders

1.57 (0.58)

4.79 (4.04)

1.55-14.80

0.006

Headache

1.09 (0.66)

2.98 (2.71)

0.82-10.88

0.098

Abdominal pain

-0.28 (1.04)

0.75 (0.95)

0.10-5.79

0.786

Headache and abdominal pain

1.39 (0.85)

4.00 (4.50)

0.76-21.04

0.102

  1. adj = adjusted (all explanatory variables included in model).
  2. BMI = body mass index.
  3. OR = Odds ratio.
  4. unadj = unadjusted (only one explanatory variable included in model).
  5. Numbers in bold indicate statistical significance.