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Table 4 Changes in location of spinal pain from age 11–13 to 13–15

From: Spinal pain in adolescents: prevalence, incidence, and course: a school-based two-year prospective cohort study in 1,300 Danes aged 11–13

 

Pain locations 13–15 yr.

 

None (n = 119)

NP only (n = 143)

MBP only (n = 53)

LBP only (n = 43)

NP + MBP (n = 184)

NP + LBP (n = 78)

MBP + LBP (n = 26)

NP + MBP + LBP (n = 392)

Total

Pain locations 11–13 yr.

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

95% CI

%

None (n = 158)

32.3

25.1, 40.2

17.7

12.1, 24.6

5.7

2.6, 10.5

7.6

4.0, 12.9

13.9

8.9, 20.3

4.4

1.8, 8.9

3.2

1.0, 7.2

15.2

10.0,21.8

100

NP only (n = 169)

13.0

8.3, 19.0

20.1

14.4, 27.0

4.7

2.1, 9.1

3.0

1.0, 6.8

16.9

11.3, 23.0

10.7

6.4, 16.3

3.0

1.0, 6.8

29.0

22.3, 36.5

100

MBP only (n = 54)

7.4

2.1, 17.9

14.8

6.6, 27.2

13.0

5.4, 24.9

5.6

1.2, 15.4

29.6

18.0, 43.6

3.7

0.5, 12.7

5.6

1.2, 15.4

20.4

10.6, 33.5

100

LBP only (n = 23)

4.4

0.1, 21.9

13.0

2.8, 33.6

0.0

0.0, 14.8

13.0

2.8, 33.6

13.0

2.8, 33.6

8.7

1.1, 28.0

4.4

0.1, 21.9

43.5

23.2, 65.5

100

NP + MBP (n = 224)

9.4

5.9, 14.0

12.5

8.5, 17.6

6.7

3.8, 10.8

3.6

1.6, 6.9

21.9

16.6, 27.9

6.7

3.8, 10.8

1.3

0.3, 3.9

38.0

31.6, 44.7

100

NP + LBP (n = 76)

6.6

2.2, 14.7

14.5

7.5, 24.4

4.0

0.8, 11.1

5.3

1.5, 12.9

17.1

9.4, 27.5

10.5

4.7, 19.7

4.0

0.8, 11.1

38.2

27.2, 50.0

100

MBP + LBP (n = 26)

11.5

2.4, 30.2

7.7

0.9, 25.1

7.7

0.9, 25.1

0.0

0.0, 13.2

26.9

11.6, 47.8

11.5

2.4, 30.2

0.0

0.0, 13.2

34.6

17.2, 55.7

100

NP + MBP + LBP (n = 308)

3.9

2.0, 6.7

9.4

6.4, 13.2

2.9

1.3, 5.5

2.6

1.1, 5.1

14.9

11.1, 19.4

7.5

4.8, 11.0

2.0

0.7, 4.2

56.8

51.1, 62.4

100

  1. CI = Confidence intervals; LBP = Low back pain; MBP = Mid back pain; NP = Neck pain. There are 4 missing values in the table.
  2. Proportions of adolescents with different combinations of baseline categories (rows) and follow-up categories (columns).