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

Table 3 Health predictors at the 21-year follow-up for people with CWP at baseline in 1995, n = 63

Predictors	Physical Functioning (PF)		Vitality (VT)		Mental Health (MH)
Predictors	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p	OR (95% CI)	p
Age	0.93 (0.84–1.04)	0.201	1.05 (0.95–1.17)	0.310	1.06 (0.96–1.17)	0.284
Gender
Woman	1		1		1
Man	6.76 (1.82–25.13)	0.004	5.71 (1.53–21.34)	0.010	3.35 (0.92–11.54)	0.056
Personal support
No	1		1		1
Yes	1.19 (0.26–5.41)	0.825	2.01 (0.47–9.26)	0.333	2.40 (0.52–11.00)	0.260
Circle of friends
No	1		1		1
Yes	0.47 (0.14–1.56)	0.214	1.41 (0.44–4.51)	0.562	0.89 (0.29–2.73)	0.839
Smoking
Yes	1		1		1
No, never	4.23 (0.65–27.56)	0.131	0.67 (0.15–3.02)	0.602	0.99 (0.22–4.39)	0.990
No, have stopped	7.83 (1.05–58.46)	0.045	1.50 (0.31–7.38)	0.616	1.32 (0.27–6.52)	0.736
Alcohol intake
Never/rarely	1		1		1
Every month	2.55 (0.62–10.45)	0.193	1.40 (0.40–4.93)	0.603	0.55 (0.15–2.03)	0.367
Every week	4.94 (1.05–23.33)	0.044	1.39 (0.34–5.79)	0.647	0.88 (0.22–3.59)	0.862
> 4 times/week^a	–		–		–
Physical activity^b
Never	1		1		1
Moderate	0.77 (0.20–2.97)	0.698	1.02 (0.27–3.82)	0.977	2.96 (0.70–12.48)	0.139
Active	0.35 (0.07–1.82)	0.212	0.87 (0.21–3.60)	0.848	3.05 (0.66–14.06)	0.154
Sleeping problems^c
Yes	1		1		1
No	2.01 (0.47–8.63)	0.346	3.45 (0.80–14.85)	0.096	4.45 (1.05–18.80)	0.042

^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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