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Table 8 Associations between NSP and health variables in 14 to 16 year old Finnish adolescents

From: Low back and neck and shoulder pain in members and non-members of adolescents’ sports clubs: the Finnish Health Promoting Sports Club (FHPSC) study

  

NSPa

Frequent NSPb

Variables

Category

Boys (n = 768)

Girls (n = 856)

Boys (n = 768)

Girls (n = 856)

  

ORc

95 % CI

ORc

95 % CI

ORc

95 % CI

ORc

95 % CI

Chronic diseasesd

No

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

 

Yes

1.85

(1.23–2.80)

1.49

(1.05–2.10)

1.00

(0.46–2.18)

1.21

(0.81–1.79)

BMI

 

1.03

(0.971.10)

1.03

(0.971.08)

1.02

(0.911.15)

1.07

(1.01–1.13)

Low back pain

No

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

Yese

1.88

(1.16–3.03)

2.15

(1.48–3.11)

1.84

(0.73–4.66)

1.88

(1.22–2.91)

Thoracic spine pain

No

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

Yese

3.53

(1.97–6.33)

4.87

(2.92–8.11)

4.91

(1.94–12.42)

3.87

(2.48–6.06)

Upper limb pain

No

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

Yese

6.47

(3.73–11.23)

4.00

(2.39–6.61)

1.00

(0.35–2.88)

1.94

(1.21–3.10)

Lower limb pain

No

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

1 (referent)

Yese

1.39

(0.83–2.33)

1.44

(0.98–2.12)

0.65

(0.23–1.88)

1.07

(0.68–1.68)

  1. Statistically significant results are indicated in bold
  2. aNSP more than once a month during the last 3 months
  3. bNSP at least once a week during the last 3 months
  4. cBinary logistic regression was used and all variables were included in the same model. Analyses were adjusted by age, BMI, chronic diseases, smoking, school attainment level
  5. dAllergy, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, heart condition, etc.
  6. eAt least once a month