Table 1 Baseline characteristics of 2,357 participants stratified by duration of pain
From: Change in number of pain sites - which factors are important? A 12-year prospective cohort study
Total | Pain for less than 3 months | Pain for longer than 3 months | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Participants, n (%) | 2,357 (100.0) | 772 (32.8) | 1,585 (67.2) | |||
Sex (Female), n (%) | 1,283 (54.4) | 402 (52.1) | 881 (55.6) | |||
Age, n (%) | ||||||
<20 years | 75 (3.2) | 34 (4.4) | 41 (2.7) | |||
20–29 years | 155 (6.6) | 69 (8.9) | 86 (5.4) | |||
30–39 years | 427 (18.1) | 178 (23.1) | 249 (15.7) | |||
40–49 years | 658 (27.9) | 200 (25.9) | 458 (28.9) | |||
50–59 years | 731 (31.0) | 201 (26.0) | 530 (33.4) | |||
≥60 years | 311 (13.2) | 90 (11.7) | 221 (13.9) | |||
Educational level, n (%) | ||||||
Bachelor/Master/Doctoral | 741 (31.4) | 266 (34.5) | 475 (30.0) | |||
Upper secondary education or skilled worker | 1,236 (52.4) | 377 (48.8) | 859 (54.2) | |||
Primary and lower secondary education | 380 (16.2) | 129 (16.7) | 251 (15.8) | |||
Body mass Index, n (%) | ||||||
Under/normal weight | 1,179 (51.4) | 406 (54.1) | 773 (50.1) | |||
Overweight | 851 (37.1) | 273 (36.4) | 578 (37.4) | |||
Obesity | 265 (11.5) | 72 (9.5) | 193 (12.5) | |||
Comorbidity, n (%) | ||||||
No comorbidity | 2,242 (95.1) | 743 (96.2) | 1,499 (94.6) | |||
Comorbidity | 115 (4.9) | 29 (3.8) | 86 (5.4) | |||
Anxiety score, n (%) | ||||||
Low score | 1,980 (84.7) | 678 (88.4) | 1,302 (82.9) | |||
High score | 358 (15.3) | 89 (11.6) | 269 (17.1) | |||
Depression score, n (%) | ||||||
Low score | 1,965 (84.1) | 684 (89.3) | 1,281 (81.5) | |||
High score | 372 (15.9) | 82 (10.7) | 290 (18.5) | |||
Number of pain sites, n (%) | ||||||
No pain sites | 261 (11.1) | 198 (25.6) | 63 (4.0) | |||
1 or 2 pain sites | 750 (31.8) | 293 (38.0) | 457 (28.8) | |||
3 to 5 pain sites | 1,010 (42.9) | 239 (31.0) | 771 (48.7) | |||
6 or 7 | 336 (14.2) | 42 (5.4) | 294 (18.5) | |||
Pain intensity, Median (IQR) | 4 (2–5) | 3 (1–4) | 4 (3–5) | |||
General Health SF-12, Median (IQR) | 25 (25–60) | 25 (25–60) | 60 (25–60) |