Association between neck and shoulder pain, back pain, low back pain and body composition parameters among the Japanese general population

Iizuka, Yoichi; Iizuka, Haku; Mieda, Tokue; Tajika, Tsuyoshi; Yamamoto, Atsushi; Ohsawa, Takashi; Sasaki, Tsuyoshi; Takagishi, Kenji

doi:10.1186/s12891-015-0759-z

Table 3 Association between present pain and body composition parameters

From: Association between neck and shoulder pain, back pain, low back pain and body composition parameters among the Japanese general population

	Model 1^a			Model 2^b
	OR	95 % CI	P-value*	OR	95 % CI	P-value*
Neck and shoulder pain
Age (y)	0.96	0.94 - 0.98	<0.001	-	-	-
Gender (F/M)	1.84	1.11 - 3.05	<0.05	-	-	-
Total body muscle mass (kg)	0.98	0.95 - 1.01	0.24	0.98	0.92 - 1.05	0.74
Total body fat mass (kg)	1.03	0.99 - 1.07	0.11	1.02	0.97 - 1.06	0.32
Total body water (kg)	0.96	0.92 - 1.00	0.11	0.96	0.89 - 1.03	0.27
Total body fat ratio (%)	1.03	1.00 - 1.06	<0.05	1.02	0.98 - 1.06	0.16
Total body water ratio (%)	0.93	0.88 - 0.97	<0.01	0.94	0.88 - 0.99	<0.05
Appendicular muscle mass (kg)	0.50	0.92 - 1.04	0.50	0.97	0.86 - 1.10	0.71
Appendicular fat mass (kg)	1.12	1.00 - 1.24	<0.05	1.05	0.93 - 1.18	0.38
Trunk muscle mass (kg)	0.95	0.90 - 1.01	0.11	0.98	0.88 - 1.10	0.82
Trunk fat mass (kg)	1.04	0.97 - 1.11	0.24	1.59	0.93 - 2.72	0.08
BMI (kg/m2)	0.98	0.91 - 1.07	0.78	1.01	0.93 - 1.10	0.75
AMI (kg/m2)	0.83	0.65 - 1.06	0.14	0.80	0.55 - 1.17	0.26
BMR (kcal)	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.62	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.95
Back pain
Age (y)	0.98	0.96 - 0.99	<0.05	-	-	-
Gender (F/M)	1.07	0.61 - 1.87	0.81	-	-	-
Total body muscle mass (kg)	1.00	0.97 - 1.03	0.82	0.99	0.92 - 1.06	0.86
Total body fat mass (kg)	0.35	0.96 - 1.05	0.85	1.00	0.95 - 1.05	0.84
Total body water (kg)	0.99	0.95 - 1.04	0.88	0.97	0.90 - 1.05	0.51
Total body fat ratio (%)	1.00	0.97 - 1.03	0.66	1.01	0.97 - 1.06	0.45
Total body water ratio (%)	0.97	0.99 - 1.02	0.29	0.96	0.90 - 1.02	0.24
Appendicular muscle mass (kg)	1.01	0.95 - 1.08	0.66	0.98	0.86 - 1.12	0.83
Appendicular fat mass (kg)	1.02	0.91 - 1.13	0.73	1.00	0.88 - 1.14	0.93
Trunk muscle mass (kg)	1.00	0.94 - 1.06	0.99	0.99	0.87 - 1.12	0.91
Trunk fat mass (kg)	1.00	0.93 - 1.07	0.93	0.98	0.54 - 1.77	0.96
BMI (kg/m2)	1.05	0.80 - 1.36	0.99	1.01	0.92 - 1.10	0.80
AMI (kg/m2)	0.99	0.85 - 1.16	0.98	1.01	0.67 - 1.51	0.96
BMR (kcal)	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.71	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.82
Low back pain
Age (y)	1.00	0.98 - 1.02	0.57	-	-	-
Gender (F/M)	0.80	0.47 - 1.35	0.40	-	-	-
Total body muscle mass (kg)	1.01	0.98 - 1.04	0.53	1.00	0.94 - 1.06	0.63
Total body fat mass (kg)	0.98	0.94 - 1.02	0.32	1.02	0.94 - 1.02	0.43
Total body water (kg)	1.00	0.96 - 1.05	0.76	0.98	0.91 - 1.06	0.72
Total body fat ratio (%)	0.98	0.95 - 1.01	0.32	0.98	0.94 - 1.02	0.48
Total body water ratio (%)	1.01	0.96 - 1.06	0.59	1.00	0.95 - 1.06	0.84
Appendicular muscle mass (kg)	1.01	0.95 - 1.08	0.59	1.00	0.89 - 1.13	0.89
Appendicular fat mass (kg)	0.95	0.86 - 1.05	0.35	0.96	0.86 - 1.08	0.55
Trunk muscle mass (kg)	1.02	0.96 - 1.08	0.49	1.00	0.88 - 1.12	0.93
Trunk fat mass (kg)	0.96	0.90 - 1.03	0.31	0.97	0.90 - 1.03	0.37
BMI (kg/m2)	1.00	0.79 - 1.28	0.34	0.95	0.88 - 1.03	0.28
AMI (kg/m2)	1.01	0.87 - 1.16	0.89	0.89	0.62 - 1.29	0.56
BMR (kcal)	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.70	1.00	0.99 - 1.00	0.91

BMI, body mass index; AMI, appendicular muscle index; BMR, basal metabolic rate; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. ^aUnivariate logistic regression model; ^bMultivariate logistic regression model adjusted for age and gender; *Significant P-values are in bold

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