Pain characteristics of adolescent spinal pain

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

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Table 4

Predictors for pain in more than one spinal area (logistic regression analysis: 0=no, 1=yes)

	Pain in more than one spinal area (N=40) versus no pain (N=160)
	B (SE)	OR:	95% CI	p _adj
	B (SE)	Exp B _adj (Exp B _unadj )	Exp B _adj	p _adj
Age	0.28 (0.13)	1.33 (1.33)	1.04-1.70	0.023
Gender	0.75 (0.43)	2.11 (2.02)	0.91-4.86	0.080
BMI	-0.02 (0.06)	0.98 (1.06)	0.88-1.11	0.790
Finger Floor Distance	-0.02 (0.02)	0.98 (0.99)	0.94-1.03	0.468
Adams sign	-0.06 (0.53)	0.94 (1.67)	0.34-2.66	0.914
Single leg stance with closed eyes	0.44 (0.51)	1.56 (1.04)	0.58-4.21	0.381
TV/computer activities	0.07 (0.03)	1.07 (1.06)	1.01-1.14	0.031
Parental back pain	0.38 (0.62)	1.46 (1.29)	0.43-4.92	0.544
Parental smoking	-0.12 (0.50)	0.89 (1.00)	0.34-2.35	0.811
Sleep disorders	1.24 (0.44)	3.44 (3.43)	1.45-8.13	0.005
Headache	0.89 (0.46)	2.44 (2.77)	0.99-5.99	0.053
Abdominal pain	-1.00 (0.91)	0.37 (0.69)	0.06-2.18	0.271
Headache and abdominal pain	1.25 (0.62)	3.50 (3.79)	1.05-11.68	0.042

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

BMI = body mass index.

OR = Odds ratio.

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

Numbers in bold indicate statistical significance.