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Table 7 Odds Ratios (OR) for the associations between pain groups at baseline and hospitalisation, stratified on sex and age, and controlled for all variables in Table 2.

From: Chronic musculoskeletal pain predicted hospitalisation due to serious medical conditions in a 10 year follow up study

   

Diseases of the musculoskeletal system

Diseases of the genitourinary system

Symptoms and observations

Injuries, poisoning and other external causes

  

No

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Stratified on sex

         

Men

NCP

687

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

CRP

258

2.2 (1.2-3.9)

0.009

1.4 (0.6-3.3)

0.453

1.9 (1.3-2.8)

0.001

1.5 (1.0-2.4)

0.085

 

CWP

87

3.2 (1.5-6.7)

0.002

5.1 (2.2-11.9)

<0.001

1.7 (1.0-2.9)

0.073

1.9 (1.0-3.6)

0.057

Women

NCP

685

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

CRP

300

2.9 (1.5-5.4)

0.001

1.5 (1.0-2.3)

0.066

1.5 (1.0-2.3)

0.042

1.3 (0.8-2.1)

0.376

 

CWP

198

4.8 (2.5-9.2)

<0.001

2.0 (1.2-3.4)

0.007

2.4 (1.6-3.7)

<0.001

1.8 (1.1-3.0)

0.032

Stratified on age

         

20-33

NCP

404

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

CRP

108

5.8 (1.5-22.1)

0.010

1.6 (0.8-3.1)

0.158

2.2 (1.1-4.6)

0.037

1.9 (0.8-4.5)

0.131

 

CWP

29

12.5 (2.4-65.8)

0.003

6.7 (2.4-18.4)

<0.001

3.0 (1.0-9.0)

0.052

0.8 (0.1-6.4)

0.840

34-46

NCP

341

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

CRP

129

2.0 (0.8-4.8)

0.142

1.5 (0.6-3.8)

0.447

1.4 (0.7-2.8)

0.284

1.6 (0.8-3.2)

0.220

 

CWP

54

2.0 (0.6-6.6)

0.272

2.0 (0.7-5.7)

0.194

1.4 (0.5-3.9)

0.537

1.1 (0.3-3.9)

0.928

47-58

NCP

324

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

CRP

159

7.6 (2.9-19.5)

<0.001

2.0 (0.9-4.6)

0.080

1.4 (0.8-2.4)

0.240

1.3 (0.7-2.6)

0.434

 

CWP

92

10.8 (3.8-30.3)

<0.001

3.2 (1.3-7.8)

0.009

2.1 (1.2-4.0)

0.016

1.2 (0.5-2.8)

0.646

59-74

NCP

303

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

 
 

CRP

162

1.2 (0.6-2.4)

0.697

0.8 (0.4-1.8)

0.641

1.9 (1.2-3.0)

0.003

1.2 (0.7-2.1)

0.527

 

CWP

110

2.7 (1.4-5.3)

0.004

1.4 (0.6-2.9)

0.447

2.1 (1.3-3.5)

0.002

2.5 (1.4-4.2)

0.001