Primary care consultation, hospital admission, sick leave and disability pension owing to neck and low back pain: a 12-year prospective cohort study in a rural population

Table 4 Distribution of possible confounders according to neck and low back health outcomes (N = 1,347).

	Primary care consultation			Hospital admission			Sick leave			Disability pension
	No	Yes		No	Yes		No	Yes		No	Yes
	mean/%	mean/%	p¹	mean/%	mean/%	p¹	mean/%	mean/%	p¹	mean/%	mean/%	p¹
Age	50.2	49.4	0.052	50.1	50.4	0.837	50.1	50.0	0.859	50.0	52.4	0.013
Farmer,%	59.0	58.8	0.954	58.9	64.0	0.604	59.3	52.1	0.218	59.0	56.4	0.744
Workload	198.3	201.0	0.677	198.6	203.4	0.786	199.4	187.3	0.239	199.1	185.2	0.332
Education index	2.2	2.1	0.753	2.2	2.3	0.641	2.2	1.8	0.036	2.2	1.6	0.000
Demands	12.8	12.7	0.611	12.8	13.6	0.144	12.8	12.4	0.235	12.8	12.8	0.901
Control	7.1	7.0	0.129	7.1	7.0	0.870	7.1	6.7	0.026	7.1	6.7	0.058
Body mass index	26.3	26.2	0.738	26.3	27.5	0.046	26.4	26.3	0.811	26.3	26.8	0.332
Smokers, %	20.6	24.2	0.248	21.0	32.0	0.182	20.8	28.8	0.103	20.7	38.5	0.007
Snuff users, %	13.2	19.9	0.011	14.0	28.0	0.047	13.6	26.0	0.003	13.8	30.8	0.003
Alcohol consumption	23.4	27.8	0.105	24.2	32.9	0.346	24.1	28.8	0.314	24.1	32.9	0.224
Psychiatric symptoms	1.28	1.32	0.032	1.28	1.42	0.013	1.28	1.38	0.013	1.28	1.37	0.049
Specific back diagnose, %	1.5	22.3	0.000	3.8	56.0	0.000	3.2	31.5	0.000	3.7	38.5	0.000

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