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Table 4 Associations of age, BMI, and stiffness index with radiographic lumbar spondylosis and low back pain

From: Prevalence of lumbar spondylosis and its association with low back pain among community-dwelling Japanese women

  

Radiographic lumbar spondylosis

Low back pain

 

Unit

KL = 2

KL ≥ 3

 
  

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

OR

(95% CI)

Age (years)

10-year increase

2.37

(1.68-3.16)†

2.37

(1.76-2.92)†

1.34

(1.00-1.71)*

BMI (kg/m2)

One SD (3.3) increase

1.59

(1.17-2.11) *

1.10

(0.89-1.32)

1.00

(0.79-1.25)

Stiffness index

One SD (16.1) increase

1.17

(0.81-1.51)

1.00

(0.72-1.19)

0.85

(0.65-1.17)

  1. Radiographic spondylosis was determined at the worst (most severe) level among L1/2–L5/S1
  2. Odds ratios were calculated by logistic regression analysis after adjustment for other variables
  3. BMI body mass index, KL Kellgren-Lawrence grading, Stiffness index, stiffness index by quantitative ultrasound at calcaneal bone, OR odds ratio, Cl confidence interval
  4. * p < 0.05; † p < 0.01
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

ISSN: 1471-2474

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