Table 2 Relative risk (RR) for having pain (≥4 on a scale of 0–10) in the low back and neck-shoulder, respectively, in relation to four types of health behaviors
Low back pain | Neck-shoulder pain | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 1 | Model 2 | |||
N | % | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | |
Alcohol (units per week) | ||||||
0–7 | 5308 | 52.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
8–14 | 2214 | 21.9 | 0.92 (0.85–1.00) | 1.00 (0.96–1.03) | 0.93 (0.86–1.01) | 0.99 (0.92–1.06) |
15–21 | 1270 | 12.6 | 0.96 (0.87–1.07) | 1.00 (0.95–1.04) | 0.93 (0.85–1.03) | 0.97 (0.89–1.05) |
>21 | 1306 | 12.9 | 1.06 (0.97–1.17) | 1.01 (0.97–1.06) | 1.03 (0.94–1.14) | 1.01 (0.93–1.11) |
Physical exercise (hours per week) | ||||||
0 | 1595 | 15.7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1–2 | 3688 | 36.4 | 0.84 (0.77–0.92) | 0.96 (0.93–1.01) | 0.93 (0.85–1.01) | 0.97 (0.89–1.04) |
3–4 | 2923 | 28.8 | 0.82 (0.75–0.91) | 0.97 (0.93–1.02) | 0.88 (0.80–0.96) | 0.95 (0.87–1.03) |
≥ 5 | 1938 | 19.1 | 0.83 (0.75–0.93) | 0.95 (0.90–1.00) | 0.86 (0.77–0.95) | 0.90 (0.82–0.99) |
Fruit and vegetable intake (frequency) | ||||||
≤ 2/wk | 833 | 8.4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3–6/wk | 1330 | 13.4 | 0.98 (0.86–1.11) | 1.01 (0.95–1.07) | 1.06 (0.92–1.21) | 1.06 (0.94–1.20) |
Daily | 7734 | 78.1 | 0.87 (0.78–0.97) | 1.00 (0.95–1.05) | 1.00 (0.89–1.12) | 1.06 (0.95–1.18) |
Smoking (cigarettes pr day) | ||||||
0 | 7813 | 77.3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1–9 | 717 | 7.1 | 1.18 (1.05–1.32) | 1.04 (0.98–1.10) | 1.10 (0.98–1.23) | 1.03 (0.93–1.14) |
10–20 | 912 | 9.0 | 1.22 (1.11–1.35) | 1.04 (0.99–1.09) | 1.16 (1.05–1.28) | 1.05 (0.96–1.15) |
≥ 20 | 667 | 6.6 | 1.38 (1.24–1.54) | 1.05 (0.99–1.11) | 1.33 (1.19–1.48) | 1.10 (0.99–1.22) |