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Table 6 Baseline characteristics of all patients in the OIOC registry

From: Obesity is associated with more disability at presentation and after treatment in low back pain but not in neck pain: findings from the OIOC registry

 

LBP cross-sectional

LBP longitudinal

NP cross-sectional

NP longitudinal

General Characteristics

    

 Patients

805

305

256

91

 Age: median (IQR)

52 (39; 63)

52 (41; 62)

50 (38; 59)

51 (39; 62)

 No age reported

55

9

26

2

 Gender female: n (%)

429 (53)

168 (55)

144 (56)

56 (62)

 No gender

52

9

25

2

 BMI: median (IQR)

26.6 (23.1; 30.2)

26.1 (22.8; 29.1)

24.8 (22.4; 28.3)

24.7 (22.5; 28.1)

 No BMI: n (%)

257 (32)

94 (31)

65 (25)

20 (23)

 Married or in a relationship: n (%)

321 (40)

130 (43)

99 (39)

43 (47)

 No relationship: n (%)

397 (49)

150 (49)

122 (48)

42 (46)

 Not reported: n (%)

87 (11)

25 (8)

35 (14)

6 (7)

 Low education (no high school diploma): n (%)

75 (9)

19 (6)

10 (4)

2 (2)

 High school diploma and higher education: n (%)

609 (76)

248 (81)

196 (74)

74 (81)

 No education reported: n (%)

121 (15)

38 (12)

50 (20)

15 (16)

Insurance Type

    

 Medicare/Medicaid: n (%)

275 (34)

104 (34)

51 (19)

19 (21)

 No fault: n (%)

5 (0.01)

3 (0.01)

11 (4)

5 (5)

 Workers compensation: n (%)

45 (6)

22 (7)

14 (5)

7 (8)

 Other (private, others): n (%)

425 (53)

166 (54)

155 (61)

58 (64)

 Not reported: n (%)

54 (7)

10 (3)

25 (10)

2 (2)

Occupation

    

 White collar worker: n (%)

212 (26)

82 (27)

88 (34)

29 (32)

 Blue collar worker: n (%)

111 (13)

39 (13)

27 (11)

11 (12)

 Not reported: n (%)

109 (13)

32 (11)

40 (16)

9 (10)

Work Status

    

 Retired: n (%)

109 (14)

48 (16)

24 (9)

11 (12)

 Not working: n (%)

331 (41)

129 (42)

71 (28)

29 (32)

 Not working because of ill health or pain: n (%)

128 (16)

52 (17)

24 (9)

9 (10)

 Workers compensation case to the main complaint: n (%)

26 (3)

14 (5)

8 (3)

6 (7)

 Working full time/part time

367 (46)

146 (48)

144 (56)

55 (60)

 Limited duty

21 (3)

7 (2)

6 (2)

2 (2)

Self-reported measures

    

 Baseline ODI/NDI: median, IQR

30 (18; 46)

28.9 (18; 44)

16 (9; 24)

14.4 (9.5; 21.6)

 End of treatment ODI/NDI: median, IQR

–

22 (10; 35.6)

–

11 (4.4; 16.1)

 No end of treatment ODI/NDI

–

18

–

3

 Baseline NRS: median, IQR

6 (4; 8)

6 (4; 8)

6 (3; 8)

6 (3; 8)

 No baseline NRS

86

24

30

6

 End of treatment NRS: median, IQR

–

4 (3; 6)

–

4 (2; 5)

 No end of treatment NRS

–

239

–

68

 Baseline FABQ-W: median, IQR

9 (0; 21)

8 (0; 19)

12 (3; 21)

11 (0; 21)

 No baseline FABQ-W

153

53

46

10

 End of treatment FABQ-W: median, IQR

–

6 (0; 17)

–

9 (0; 16.3)

 No end of treatment FABQ-W

–

82

–

27

 Baseline FABQ-P: median, IQR

15 (11; 19)

15 (11; 18)

14 (10; 19)

14.5 (9; 19)

 No baseline FABQ-P

64

20

30

3

 End of treatment FABQ-P: median, IQR

–

12 (6; 17)

–

11 (7; 15.8)

 No end of treatment FABQ-P

–

63

–

21