Consequences of spinal pain: Do age and gender matter? A Danish cross-sectional population-based study of 34,902 individuals 20-71 years of age

Table 1 Consequences of spinal pain

Type of consequence	Lumbar area	Thoracic area	Cervical area
Sought care past year	17	6	14
Reduced daily activities past year	17	4	9
Sick-leave past year	10	2	5
Number of days on sick-leave past year (1-7 d/8-30 d/> 30 d)	5/3/1*	1/1/0	3/2/1*
Changed work or work duties ever	8	2	4
Disability pension ever or under consideration for one	3	1	1

* The percentages have been rounded off and therefore do not add up to the total percentage of sick-leave.
The percentage of all study participants who reported some sort of consequence because of spinal pain in a study of 34,902 Danish twin individuals aged 20-71 (The 95% CI range for all consequences never exceeded 1 and is thus not included).

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