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Table 2 Characteristics of each latent class for women

From: Musculoskeletal pain latent classes and biopsychosocial characteristics among emerging adults

n = 714

Mild Multisite

(n = 354; 50%)

No Pain

(n = 202; 28%)

Moderate spine pain (n = 95; 13%)

Moderate-Severe Multisite (n = 63; 9%)

 

Cumulative Pain Intensitya

2.8 (1.4)

0.04 (0.2)

5.2 (1.2)

9.5 (2.1)

 

Number of pain sitesb

2.1 (1.0)

0.04 (0.2)

2.7 (0.6)

4.5 (0.6)

 

 0

0 (0%)

193 (95.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 1

116 (32.8%)

9 (4.5%)

1 (1.1%)

0 (0%)

 

 2

135 (38.1%)

0 (0%)

37 (39.0%)

0 (0%)

 

 3

69 (19.5%)

0 (0%)

50 (52.6%)

5 (7.9%)

 

 4

27 (7.6%)

0 (0%)

7 (7.4%)

21 (33.3%)

 

 5

7 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

37 (58.7%)

 

Hand pain intensityc

0.2 (0.5)

0.04 (0.2)

0.7 (0.9)

1.6 (0.8)

 

 None

296 (83.6%)

193 (95.5)

49 (51.6%)

7 (11.1%)

 

 Mild

42 (11.9%)

9 (4.5%)

28 (29.5%)

15 (23.8%)

 

 Moderate

14 (4.0%)

0 (0%)

14 (14.7%)

35 (55.6%)

 

 Severe

2 (0.6%)

0 (0%)

3 (3.2%)

6 (9.5%)

 

 Extreme

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.1%)

0 (0%)

 

Shoulder/neck pain intensityc

0.9 (0.7)

0 (0)

2.1 (0.7)

2.3 (0.7)

 

 None

116 (32.8%)

202 (100%)

2 (2.1%)

0 (0%)

 

 Mild

169 (47.7%)

0 (0%)

11 (11.6%)

5 (7.9%)

 

 Moderate

67 (18.9%)

0 (0%)

62 (65.3%)

37 (58.7%)

 

 Severe

2 (0.6%)

0 (0%)

18 (19.0%)

18 (28.6%)

 

 Extreme

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (2.1%)

3 (4.8%)

 

Low back pain intensityc

0.8 (0.7)

0 (0)

2.1 (0.9)

2.2 (0.9)

 

 None

134 (37.9%)

202 (100%)

6 (6.3%)

2 (3.2%)

 

 Mild

168 (47.5%)

0 (0%)

6 (6.3%)

7 (11.1%)

 

 Moderate

45 (12.7%)

0 (0%)

58 (61.1%)

33 (52.4%)

 

 Severe

7 (2.0%)

0 (0%)

19 (20.0%)

16 (25.4%)

 

 Extreme

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

6 (6.3%)

5 (7.9%)

 

Knee pain intensityc

0.6 (0.9)

0 (0)

0.3 (0.5)

1.7 (1.1)

 

 None

207 (58.5%)

202 (100%)

74 (77.9%)

9 (14.3%)

 

 Mild

83 (23.5%)

0 (0%)

18 (19.0%)

15 (23.8%)

 

 Moderate

54 (15.3%)

0 (0%)

3 (3.2%)

25 (39.7%)

 

 Severe

9 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

11 (17.5%)

 

 Extreme

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

3 (4.8%)

 

Foot pain intensityc

0.3 (0.6)

0 (0)

0.04 (0.2)

1.6 (1.1)

 

 None

281 (79.4%)

202 (100%)

91 (95.8%)

13 (20.6%)

 

 Mild

48 (13.6%)

0 (0%)

4 (4.2%)

13 (20.6%)

 

 Moderate

23 (6.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

26 (41.3%)

 

 Severe

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

9 (14.3%)

 

 Extreme

1 (0.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (3.2%)

 

n from Public University

233 (65.8%)

146 (72.3%)

55 (57.9%)

37 (58.7%)

0.141

Age (Public only, n = 485)d

20.0 (2.0)

20.3 (2.3)

20.4 (1.8)

20.2 (2.1)

0.493

BMI (Public only, n = 468)d

24.1 (5.2)

22.9 (4.0)

23.7 (4.4)

23.9 (4.5)

0.105

  1. aCalculated as the sum of intensity scores across pain sites (score of 0–20).
  2. bThe first line represents the mean (standard deviation) of the number of pain sites for each class.
  3. cRated on a score from none (0) to extreme (4). The first line represents the mean (standard deviation) of the pain intensity for each class at that region. The subsequent lines represent the distribution among the five pain intensity categories.
  4. dOnly age range was available from the medical university included in the study; therefore, age and BMI are only reported from the large public university participants.
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