Pain characteristics of adolescent spinal pain

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BMC Pediatr. 2015; 15: 42.

Published online 2015 Apr 17. doi: 10.1186/s12887-015-0344-5

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Table 5

Predictors for mild occasional, moderate/severe occasional and moderate/severe frequent pain (multinomial logistic regression analysis)

	Mild occasional pain (N = 38) versus no pain (N = 160)				Moderate/severe occasional pain (N = 51) versus no pain (N = 160)				Moderate/severe frequent pain (N = 47) versus no pain (N = 160)
	B (SE)	OR:	95% CI	p _adj	B (SE)	OR:	95% CI	p _adj	B (SE)	OR:	95% CI	p _adj
	B (SE)	Exp B _adj (Exp B _unadj )	Exp B _adj	p _adj	B (SE)	Exp B _adj (Exp B _unadj )	Exp B _adj	p _adj	B (SE)	Exp B _adj (Exp B _unadj )	Exp B _adj	p _adj
Age	0.34 (0.13)	1.40 (1.35)	1.10-1.79	0.007	0.19 (0.11)	1.21 (1.19)	0.98-1.51	0.082	0.35 (0.12)	1.42 (1.34)	1.13-1.78	0.003
Gender	0.06 (0.41)	1.06 (1.06)	0.48-2.35	0.885	−0.06 (0.36)	0.94 (0.71)	0.46-1.91	0.867	−0.81 (0.39)	0.45 (0.39)	0.21-0.96	0.040
BMI	0.03 (0.06)	1.03 (1.08)	0.91-1.15	0.673	0.07 (0.06)	1.07 (1.09)	0.96-1.19	0.235	−0.01 (0.06)	0.99 (1.08)	0.88-1.11	0.832
FFD	−0.11 (0.02)	0.99 (0.99)	0.95-1.03	0.568	−0.02 (0.02)	0.98 (1.00)	0.95-1.02	0.324	0.001 (0.02)	1.00 (1.00)	0.97-1.04	0.939
Adams sign	−0.70 (0.45)	0.50 (0.44)	0.20-1.20	0.119	0.67 (0.55)	1.96 (1.13)	0.67-5.74	0.219	0.17 (0.49)	1.19 (0.57)	0.46-3.09	0.727
SLS EC	0.33 (0.55)	1.39 (1.07)	0.47-4.12	0.552	−0.07 (0.45)	0.94 (1.42)	0.39-2.28	0.885	−0.90 (0.43)	0.41 (0.74)	0.18-0.94	0.035
TV/computer	0.03 (0.03)	1.03 (1.06)	0.98-1.09	0.246	0.03 (0.03)	1.03 (1.03)	0.98-1.51	0.299	0.03 (0.03)	1.03 (1.04)	0.98-1.09	0.261
Parental back pain	−1.38 (0.79)	0.25 (0.32)	0.05-1.19	0.082	−1.01 (0.67)	0.36 (0.34)	0.10-1.34	0.128	0.18 (0.53)	1.20 (0.92)	0.43-3.35	0.732
Parental smoking	0.08 (0.48)	1.09 (1.14)	0.43-2.76	0.859	−0.41 (0.38)	0.66 (0.80)	0.31-1.40	0.283	−0.32 (0.41)	0.73 (0.72)	0.33-1.61	0.434
Sleep disorders	0.30 (0.53)	1.35 (1.00)	0.48-3.77	0.569	−0.40 (0.39)	0.67 (0.55)	0.31-1.45	0.311	−0.74 (0.40)	0.48 (0.32)	0.22-1.05	0.065
Headache	−0.04 (0.47)	0.96 (0.78)	0.39-2.41	0.938	−0.63 (0.41)	0.53 (0.50)	0.24-1.20	0.127	−0.80 (0.44)	0.45 (0.49)	0.19-1.05	0.065
Abdominal pain	0.49 (0.70)	1.64 (1.87)	0.41-6.49	0.483	−0.04 (0.63)	0.97 (1.18)	0.28-3.35	0.956	−0.51 (0.59)	0.60 (0.84)	0.19-1.92	0.389
Head/Abdom pain	1.07 (1.08)	2.93 (3.39)	0.35-24.18	0.319	−1.39 (0.50)	0.25 (0.21)	0.09-0.66	0.005	−1.30 (0.55)	0.27 (0.27)	0.09-0.79	0.017

adj = adjusted (all explanatory variables included in model).

BMI = body mass index.

FFD = Finger floor distance.

Head/Abdom pain = Headache and abdominal pain.

OR = Odds ratio.

SLS EC = Single leg stance with eyes closed.

unadj = unadjusted (only one explanatory variable included in model).

Numbers in bold indicate statistical significance.