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Table 4 Association of each musculoskeletal pain with new-onset LBP

From: Musculoskeletal pain in other body sites is associated with new-onset low back pain: a longitudinal study among survivors of the great East Japan earthquake

  

Absence

Presence

P value

Hand or foot pain

Participants

1616

166

 
 

New-onset LBP, n (%)

212 (13.1)

39 (23.5)

 

Model 1 OR (95% CI)

1

2.04 (1.30–3.21)

0.002

Model 2 OR (95% CI)

1

1.33 (0.80–2.19)

0.27

Knee pain

Participants

1595

187

 
 

New-onset LBP

206 (12.9)

45 (24.1)

 

Model 1 OR (95% CI)

1

2.56 (1.66–3.96)

<  0.001

Model 2 OR (95% CI)

1

1.87 (1.16–3.01)

0.01

Shoulder pain

Participants

1708

74

 
 

New-onset LBP

229 (13.4)

22 (29.7)

 

Model 1 OR (95% CI)

1

2.41 (1.32–4.39)

0.004

Model 2 OR (95% CI)

1

1.56 (0.82–2.95)

0.18

Neck pain

Participants

1558

224

 
 

New-onset LBP

190 (12.2)

61 (27.2)

 

Model 1 OR (95% CI)

1

2.61 (1.77–3.85)

<  0.001

Model 2 OR (95% CI)

1

2.10 (1.40–3.17)

<  0.001

  1. Adjusted for sex, age, body mass index, living area, smoking habits, drinking habits, complications, working status, walking time, living status, subjective economic condition, Kessler Psychological Distress Scale, Athens Insomnia Scale, and Lubben Social Network Scale (Model 1). Additionally, adjusted for hand or foot pain, knee pain, shoulder pain, and neck pain (Model 2). LBP: low back pain, OR: Odds Ratio, CI: Confidence interval
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

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