Table 2 Baseline characteristics of participants with musculoskeletal pain stratified by number of long-term conditions

Participants, n (%)

11,080 (100.0)

2,588 (23.4)

3,496 (31.6)

4,996 (45.1)

Age, years

47.9 (10.1)

47.8 (10.1)

47.8 (10.2)

48.0 (10.1)

Females, n (%)

6,494 (58.6)

1,478 (57.1)

1,994 (57.0)

3,022 (60.5)

Higher education^a, n (%)

3,234 (29.2)

865 (33.4)

1,058 (30.3)

1,311 (26.2)

Self-reported good/very good health, n (%)

7,933 (71.6)

2,174 (84.0)

2,716 (77.7)

3,043 (60.9)

No. of pain sites, n (%)

1–2

5,400 (48.7)

1,569 (60.6)

1,844 (52.8)

1,987 (39.7)

3–4

3,679 (33.2)

744 (28.8)

1,130 (32.3)

1,805 (36.1)

5-9

2,001 (18.1)

275 (10.6)

522 (14.9)

1,204 (24.1)