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Table 3 Characteristics of each latent class for men

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

n = 604

Mild Multisite (n = 239; 39%)

No pain

(n = 242; 40%)

Mild Extremity Pain (n = 79; 13%)

Moderate-Severe Multisite (n = 44; 7%)

 

Cumulative Pain Intensitya

2.8 (1.4)

0 (0)

2.1 (1.1)

8.4 (2.2)

 

Number of pain sitesb

2.2 (0.9)

0 (0)

1.4 (0.7)

4.4 (0.7)

 

 0

0 (0%)

242 (100%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 

 1

60 (25.1%)

0 (0%)

54 (68.4%)

0 (0%)

 

 2

106 (44.4%)

0 (0%)

17 (21.5%)

1 (2.3%)

 

 3

52 (21.8%)

0 (0%)

8 (10.1%)

2 (4.6%)

 

 4

16 (6.7%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

18 (40.9%)

 

 5

5 (2.1%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

23 (52.3%)

 

Hand pain intensityc

0.4 (0.6)

0 (0)

0.6 (1.0)

1.4 (1.0)

 

 None

174 (72.8%)

242 (100%)

49 (62.0%)

8 (18.2%)

 

 Mild

47 (19.7%)

0 (0%)

19 (24.1%)

17 (38.6%)

 

 Moderate

17 (7.1%)

0 (0%)

5 (6.3%)

13 (29.6%)

 

 Severe

1 (0.4%)

0 (0%)

5 (6.3%)

4 (9.1%)

 

 Extreme

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.3%)

2 (4.6%)

 

Shoulder/neck pain intensityc

1.1 (0.8)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2.0 (0.8)

 

 None

47 (19.7%)

242 (100%)

79 (100%)

1 (2.3%)

 

 Mild

132 (55.2%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

10 (22.7%)

 

 Moderate

51 (21.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

25 (56.8%)

 

 Severe

6 (2.5%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

6 (13.6%)

 

 Extreme

3 (1.3%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (4.6%)

 

Low back pain intensityc

0.8 (0.8)

0 (0)

0.05 (0.2)

2.1 (0.8)

 

 None

86 (36.0)

242 (100%)

75 (94.9%)

0 (0%)

 

 Mild

110 (46.0)

0 (0%)

4 (5.1%)

10 (22.7%)

 

 Moderate

38 (15.9)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

25 (56.8%)

 

 Severe

4 (1.7)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

5 (11.4%)

 

 Extreme

1 (0.4)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

4 (9.1%)

 

Knee pain intensityc

0.3 (0.6)

0 (0)

0.8 (0.8)

1.6 (1.1)

 

 None

175 (73.2%)

242 (0%)

36 (45.6%)

7 (15.9%)

 

 Mild

50 (20.9%)

0 (0%)

24 (30.4%)

12 (27.3%)

 

 Moderate

14 (5.9%)

0 (0%)

18 (22.8%)

17 (38.6%)

 

 Severe

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (1.3%)

6 (13.6%)

 

 Extreme

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (4.6%)

 

Foot pain intensityc

0.2 (0.5)

0 (0)

0.6 (0.8)

1.3 (0.9)

 

 None

196 (82.0%)

242 (0%)

44 (55.7%)

9 (20.5%)

 

 Mild

35 (14.6%)

0 (0%)

24 (30.4%)

15 (34.1%)

 

 Moderate

8 (3.4%)

0 (0%)

9 (11.4%)

17 (38.6%)

 

 Severe

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

2 (2.5%)

2 (4.6%)

 

 Extreme

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

1 (2.3%)

 

n from Public University

207 (86.6%)

220 (90.9%)

72 (91.1%)

35 (79.6%)

0.214

Age (Public university only, n = 536)d

19.3 (1.6)

19.2 (1.5)

19.3 (1.8)

19.9 (2.8)

0.114

BMI Public university only, n = 519)d

24.3 (4.6)

24.3 (4.4)

24.6 (4.7)

24.4 (5.4)

0.976

  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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