The impact of chronic widespread pain on health status and long-term health predictors: a general population cohort study

Table 2 Health predictors at the 12-year follow-up for people with CWP at baseline in 1995, n = 83

Predictors	Physical Functioning (PF)		Vitality (VT)		Mental Health (MH)
Predictors	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Age	0.96 (0.88–1.05)	0.415	0.93 (0.86–1.02)	0.114	1.00 (0.91–1.09)	0.902
Gender
Woman	1		1		1
Man	2.91 (0.98–8.62)	0.053	3.03 (1.02–9.00)	0.046	1.67 (0.56–4.98)	0.360
Personal support
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.98 (0.52–7.51)	0.317	9.27 (1.58–54.47)	0.014	2.48 (0.61–10.07)	0.204
Circle of friends
No	1		1		1
Yes	2.21 (0.76–6.43)	0.148	0.28 (0.64–4.89)	0.276	1.09 (0.40–2.95)	0.862
Smoking
Yes	1		1		1
No, never	1.44 (0.38–5.50)	0.598	1.62 (0.46–5.72)	0.456	1.82 (0.50–6.63)	0.363
No, have stopped	5.21 (1.12–23.03)	0.030	4.38 (1.04–18.44)	0.044	2.36 (0.56–10.05)	0.244
Alcohol intake
Never/rarely	1		1		1
Every month	1.37 (0.47–4.01)	0.569	1.26 (0.44–3.59)	0.666	1.25 (0.44–3.57)	0.675
Every week	2.01 (0.53–7.69)	0.309	2.17 (0.57–8.28)	0.255	1.02 (0.25–4.09)	0.982
> 4 times/week^a	–		–		–
Physical activity^b
Never	1		1		1
Moderate	0.57 (0.19–1.72)	0.316	0.87 (0.30–2.56)	0.802	0.65 (0.21–2.02)	0.453
Active	1.27 (0.35–4.62)	0.716	1.67 (0.46–6.03)	0.434	2.49 (0.70–8.83)	0.158
Sleeping problems^c
Yes	1		1		1
No	2.22 (0.68–7.28)	0.187	4.76 (1.38–16.46)	0.014	3.48 (1.07–11.34)	0.038

^a There was no-one with CWP in this group and “every week” became the reference
^b Never = < 30 min/day; Moderate = 1–2 times/week or 30–90 min/week; Active = > 2 times/week or > 120 min/week
^c Yes = moderate to severe sleeping problems; No = no or minor sleeping problems. Controlled for age and gender, except for age (which was controlled for gender) and gender (which was controlled for age)

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