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Table 2 The differences between students with and without back pain

From: Prevalence of lower back pain and its associations with lifestyle behaviors among college students in Saudi Arabia

Variables

Low Back Pain (N = 913)

No Low Back Pain (N = 464)

P-value

Age

24.24 ± 6.47

22.96 ± 4.90

0.01

BMI

23.60 ± 5.77

22.69 ± 4.80

0.02

Sex, Female

792 (86.74)

363 (78.23)

< 0.001

Marital Status

  

< 0.001

 Single

 Married

 Divorced

 Widow

626 (68.56)

269 (29.46)

17 (1.86)

4 (0.44)

368 (79.31)

83 (17.88)

11 (2.37)

2 (0.43)

 

Pain severity

4.98 ± 2.34

2.16 ± 2.22

< 0.001

HPLP-II total score

22.25 ± 4.63

23.03 ± 4.61

0.003

 Health Responsibility

20.94 ± 6.26

21.68 ± 6.36

0.03

 Physical Activity

16.77 ± 5.76

17.90 ± 5.76

0.002

 Nutrition

21.30 ± 5.42

22.18 ± 5.62

0.006

 Spiritual growth

27.38 ± 5.96

27.96 ± 5.49

0.2

 Interpersonal relations

26.40 ± 5.20

26.80 ± 5.05

0.27

 Stress management

20.74 ± 5.19

21.65 ± 4.78

0.001

Sleep duration, hrs

7.20 ± 2.09

7.23 ± 2.07

0.67

Global sleep quality

7.84 ± 3.64

6.33 ± 3.27

< 0.001

Sedentary duration, hrs

8.69 ± 5.00

8.35 ± 4.27

0.11