Table 3 Gender comparison of differences in musculoskeletal discomfort due to variations in different parameters

Race

 Non-Hispanic white vs. Hispanic

–0.0396^a

0.8634

0.3542^a

0.0286

 Others vs. Hispanic

–0.5542^a

0.1379

0.5496^a

0.0188

Age (years)

0.0041/yr^b

0.5748

0.0122/yr^b

0.0254

BMI

 Underweight vs. Normal

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–1.4221

0.0596

 Overweight vs. Normal

0.0165

0.9400

0.1642

0.2844

 Obese vs. Normal

–0.2487

0.4159

0.1838

0.3354

Waist circumference (cm)

0.0248/cm^b

0.0052

0.007/cm^b

0.1360

Body fat (%)

–0.0100/(% body fat)^b

0.4675

0.0009/%^b

0.9359

Income ($10 K increment)

–0.0143/$10K^b

0.7162

–0.0367/$10K^b

0.1876

Education (years)

–0.0237/yr^b

0.2348

0.0197/yr^b

0.2287

Employed

 Yes vs. No

0.0354

0.8289

0.1823

0.1006

Chronic health problems^c

 Yes vs. No

0.276

0.0836

0.3377

0.0038

General health^d

 Fair or poor health vs. Good or better health

0.4054

0.0069

0.5678

<.0001

Arthritis

 Yes vs. No

0.6651

0.0011

0.5267

<.0001

CRP (mg/dL)

–0.0238/(mg/dL)^b

0.2825

0.0004/(mg/dL)^b

0.9721

Glucose (mg/dL)

0.0005/(mg/dL)^b

0.7734

–0.0009/(mg/dL)^b

0.3888

HbA1c (%)

0.0084/%^b

0.8662

–0.0411/%^b

0.2931

Uric acid (mg/dL)

–0.0421/(mg/dL)^b

0.4885

–0.0010/(mg/dL)^b

0.9817

LDL (mg/dL)

–0.0015/(mg/dL)^b

0.4046

–0.0023/(mg/dL)^b

0.0884

vLDL (mg/dL)

–0.0026/(mg/dL)^b

0.3602

0.0003/(mg/dL)^b

0.9161