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Table 4 Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis of associated factors with NP among medical students

From: Burden of neck pain among medical students in Ethiopia

Variables

Neck pain

COR (95% CI)

P-value

AOR (95% CI)

P-value

 

Yes

No

    

Sex

 Male

143 (52.0%)

132 (48.0%)

1.00

   

 Female

63 (43.8%)

81 (56.3%)

0.718 (0.479–1.077)

0.109

  

Age

  ≤ 20

62 (45.3%)

75 (54.7%)

1.00

   

 21–25

133 (49.6%)

135 (50.4%)

1.192 (0.789–1.801)

0.405

  

  ≥ 26

11(78.6%)

3 (21.4%)

4.435 (1.185–16.607)*

0.027

  

Cigarette smoking

 Yes

11 (78.6%)

3 (21.4%)

3.949(1.085–14.365)*

0.037

  

 No

195 (48.1%)

210 (51.9%)

1.00

   

Alcohol drinking

 Yes

74 (63.2%)

43 (36.8%)

2.216 (1.428–3.439)*

< 0.001

  

 No

132 (43.7%)

170 (56.3%)

1.00

   

Physical exercise

 Yes

63 (42.9%)

84 (57.1%)

1.00

 

1.00

 

 No

143 (52.6%)

129 (47.4%)

1.478 (0.987–2.214)

0.050

2.044 (1.233–3.387)**

0.006*

Past history of NP

 Yes

74(88.2%)

10 (11.8%)

11.380(5.675–22.820)*

< 0.001

11.811(5.460–25.549)**

< 0.001*

 No

132(39.4%)

203 (60.6%)

1.00

1.00

Self-perceived stress

 Low

23 (41.1%)

33 (58.9%)

1.00

   

 Moderate

170 (49.7%)

172 (50.3%)

1.418 (0.800–6.515)

0.232

  

 High

13 (61.9%)

8 (38.1%)

2.332 (0.833–6.525)

0.107

  

Tablet/laptop use

 Yes

200 (50.0%)

200 (50.0%)

2.167 (0.808–5.813)

0.125

  

 No

6 (31.6%)

13 (68.4%)

1.00

   

Duration of reading

  < 3 h

32 (42.1%)

44 (57.9%)

1.00

 

1.00

 

  ≥ 3 h

174 (50.7%)

169 (49.3%)

1.416 (0.857–2.339)

0.175

1.502 (0.236–2.780)**

0.031*

Static head down posture (> 2 h)

 Yes

123 (57.5%)

91(42.5%)

1.987(1.347–2.931)*

0.001

  

 No

83 (40.5%)

122 (59.5%)

1.00

   

Awkward neck posture

 Yes

108 (65.9%)

56 (34.1%)

3.089 (2.051–4.654)*

< 0.001

3.871(2.311–6.484)**

< 0.001*

 No

98 (38.4%)

157 (61.6%)

1.00

 

1.00

 

Repetitive neck movement

 Yes

83 (60.6%)

54 (39.4%)

1.987 (1.311–3.011)*

0.001

  

 No

123 (43.6%)

159 (56.4%)

1.00

   

Prolong sitting (> 2 h)

 Yes

186 (50.8%)

180 (49.2%)

1.705 (0.943–3.082)

0.077

  

 No

20 (37.7%)

33 (62.3%)

1.00

   

Back support

 Yes

84 (45.4%)

101 (54.6%)

0.764 (0.890–1.928)

0.171

  

 No

122 (52.1%)

112 (47.9%)

1.00

   
  1. * = significant association (bivariate), ** = significant association (multivariate), COR = crude odds ratio, AOR = adjusted odds ratio, 1.00 = references, * = p-value < 0.05