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Table 2 YLDs averted per unit of intervention: estimates from linear regression models

From: Reducing the burden of low back pain: results from a new microsimulation model

Intervention (units)

YLDs averted per unit of intervention, 95% CI

Estimate

LCL

UCL

Reduction in log-transformed BMI (0.1)

27,993

23,373

32,614

Reduction in occupational risk (1%)

19,416

16,275

22,557

Exercise participation (1%)

26,058

22,455

29,661

  1. For the BMI intervention the unit is 0.1 log BMI. For the occupational and exercise interventions, the unit is 1.0%. YLD Years lived with disability, BMI Body mass index, CI Confidence interval, LCL Lower 95% confidence limit, UCL Upper 95% confidence limit