Table 1 Socio-demographic and lifestyle characteristics of study participants at baseline and 6-month follow-up
Baseline | Lost to follow-up at 6 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Neck (n = 166) | Lower back (n = 78) | Lower limb (n = 254) | No (n = 347) | Yes (n = 151) | p-value | |
Age (mean, SD) | 40.2 (16) | 35.7 (17) | 38.9 (15) | 39.4 (16) | 37.6 (16) | 0.26 |
Males | 59 (36%) | 47 (60%) | 176 (69%) | 204 (59%) | 78 (52%) | 0.14 |
Post-secondary education | 113 (68%) | 45 (58%) | 155 (61%) | 231 (67%) | 82 (54%) | 0.01 |
Occupation | ||||||
White collar | 107 (64%) | 37 (47%) | 133 (52%) | 193 (56%) | 84 (56%) | 0.56 |
Blue collar | 21 (13%) | 19 (24%) | 60 (24%) | 66 (19%) | 34 (23%) | |
Missing | 38 (23%) | 22 (28%) | 61 (24%) | 88 (25%) | 33 (22%) | |
Paid work | 128 (77%) | 56 (72%) | 194 (76%) | 260 (75%) | 118 (78%) | 0.44 |
Annual income | ||||||
$65,000 or less | 69 (42%) | 26 (33%) | 89 (35%) | 118 (34%) | 66 (44%) | 0.08 |
$65,000 or more | 54 (33%) | 26 (33%) | 100 (39%) | 135 (39%) | 45 (30%) | |
Missing | 43 (26%) | 26 (33%) | 65 (26%) | 94 (27%) | 40 (26%) | |
Smoking | ||||||
Current smoker | 19 (11%) | 20 (26%) | 42 (17%) | 46 (13%) | 35 (23%) | 0.01 |
Alcohol use | ||||||
Weekly or more | 74 (45%) | 36 (46%) | 134 (53%) | 177 (51%) | 67 (44%) | 0.57 |
BMI group | ||||||
Overweight/Obese | 80 (48%) | 46 (59%) | 139 (55%) | 185 (53%) | 80 (53%) | 0.48 |
Pre-injury chronic illness | ||||||
Yes | 112 (67%) | 43 (26%) | 137 (83%) | 208 (60%) | 84 (56%) | 0.35 |