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Table 3 Association between pain measures and belonging to a specific subgroup compared to Subgroup 1

From: The association between subgroups of MRI findings identified with latent class analysis and low back pain in 40-year-old Danes

 

Odds ratio

95% CI

p-value

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 5

 LBP past month

2.5

0.8–9.0

0.15

 LBP past year

11.3

1.6–495

0.01

 Non-trivial LBP

5.4

1.5–19.6

0.01

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 4 but no levels in Subgroup 5

 LBP past month

1.0

0.5–1.9

1.00

 LBP past year

3.0

1.5–5.9

0.00

 Non-trivial LBP

1.4

0.6–3.5

0.53

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 4 or 5

 LBP past month

1.1

0.6–2.1

0.82

 LBP past year

3.4

1.7–7.0

0.00

 Non-trivial LBP

1.8

0.8–4.2

0.18

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 2 but no levels in Subgroup 4 or 5

 LBP past month

0.8

0.5–1.5

0.58

 LBP past year

1.2

0.7–2.2

0.53

 Non-trivial LBP

1.0

0.5–2.5

1.00

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 3 but no levels in Subgroup 4 or 5

 LBP past month

1.0

0.4–2.5

1.00

 LBP past year

1.6

0.6–4.5

0.45

 Non-trivial LBP

1.7

0.5–5.5

0.48

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 6 but no levels in Subgroup 3, 4 or 5

 LBP past month

0.5

0.2–1.4

0.21

 LBP past year

1.1

0.4–2.8

1.00

 Non-trivial LBP

0.6

0.1–2.5

0.68

All five levels in Subgroup 1 versus a minimum of one level in Subgroup 3 or 6 but no levels in Subgroup 4 or 5

 LBP past month

0.7

0.3–1.5

0.42

 LBP past year

1.3

0.6–2.8

0.61

 Non-trivial LBP

1.1

0.4–3.1

1.00

  1. Association between each of the three pain measures for people having a motion segment belonging to specific subgroups compared to people having all five lumbar segments in Subgroup 1 (representing no or few findings). Statistically significant odds ratios are italicised