Table 4

Prevalence of back pain at T-2 by characteristics of the study sample at T-1 and longitudinal association between major depression at T-1 and back pain at T-2.

Model 4: Longitudinal Association between Major Depression at T-1 and Back Pain at T-2
Back Pain at T-2 (%) p PR95% CI p
Health outcome
   Major depression at T-1 <0.001
No7.4 1.00
Yes15.4 1.48(1.04, 2.12)0.03
Demographic characteristic
   Age 0.014
30–4921.1 1.00
50–5924.0 1.23(0.92, 1.63)0.16
60–75+27.3 1.39(1.05, 1.84)0.02
   Sex 0.019
Male21.8 1.00
Female26.0 1.07(0.85, 1.34)0.57
Socioeconomic status
   Education <0.001
High school or less31.3 1.00
Some college25.1 1.00(0.69, 1.44)1.00
College and more20.0 0.95(0.75, 1.21)0.68
   Personal earning <0.001
<$19,99928.9 1.00
$20,000–$59,99924.5 0.96(0.74, 1.26)0.79
$60,000–$200,000+17.6 1.07(0.80, 1.43)0.64
Health behavior
   Leisure-time physical activity <0.001
Inactive19.3 1.00
Insufficiently active 21.4 0.79(0.61, 1.02)0.08
Active29.3 0.82(0.61, 1.11)0.21
   Tobacco use 0.002
No23.1 1.00
Yes31.0 1.03(0.74, 1.45)0.85
   Alcohol consumption 0.004
Heavy drinkers26.6 1.00
Light to moderate drinkers20.9 0.72(0.53, 0.99)0.05
Non drinkers27.4 0.82(0.59, 1.13)0.23
   Obesity 0.002
No22.3 1.00
Yes28.3 1.23(0.97, 1.57)0.09