Table 3.
Musculoskeletal pain prevalence and prevalence ratio among individuals with a body mass index above 27 kg/m2.
| Pain episode | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 1996 | |||||
| Prevalence | Prevalence ratio | Prevalence | Prevalence ratio | |||
| N (%) | (95% CI) | N (%) | (95% CI) | |||
| <27 kg/m2 | ≥27 kg/m2 | <27 kg/m2 | ≥27 kg/m2 | |||
| Back pain | ||||||
| Women | 300 (50.1) | 132 (56.2) | 1.12 (0.98–1.26) | 174 (35.5) | 152 (44.2) | 1.24 (1.08–1.41) |
| Knee pain | ||||||
| Women | 162 (27.0) | 95 (40.4) | 1.49 (1.29–1.70) | 160 (32.7) | 168 (48.8) | 1.50 (1.33–1.66) |
| Hand pain | ||||||
| Women | 170 (28.4) | 78 (33.2) | 1.17 (0.95–1.39) | 219 (44.7) | 191 (55.5) | 1.24 (1.11–1.38) |
| Hip pain | ||||||
| Women | — | — | — | 106 (21.6) | 103 (29.9) | 1.38 (1.15–1.62) |
| Foot pain | ||||||
| Women | — | — | — | 82 (16.7) | 91 (26.5) | 1.58 (1.32–1.85) |
| Pain when walking | ||||||
| 2004 | 2012 | |||||
| Prevalence | Prevalence ratio | Prevalence | Prevalence ratio | |||
| N (%) | (95% CI)a | N (%) | (95% CI)a | |||
| <27 kg/m2 | ≥27 kg/m2 | <27 kg/m2 | ≥27 kg/m2 | |||
| Back pain | ||||||
| Women | 191 (17.8) | 326 (28.5) | 1.60 (1.44–1.76) | 176 (17.5) | 344 (28.5) | 1.89 (1.73–2.05) |
| Men | 85 (10.7) | 180 (19.1) | 1.79 (1.55–2.03) | 94 (12.4) | 165 (16.9) | 1.36 (1.13–1.60) |
| Knee pain | ||||||
| Women | 157 (14.7) | 347 (30.4) | 2.07 (1.90–2.24) | 136 (13.5) | 337 (28.0) | 2.49 (2.31–2.67) |
| Men | 84 (10.6) | 201 (21.4) | 2.03 (1.79–2.26) | 77 (10.2) | 174 (17.8) | 1.75 (1.50–2.00) |
| Hip pain | ||||||
| Women | 148 (13.8) | 268 (23.5) | 1.70 (1.52–1.88) | 114 (11.3) | 235 (19.5) | 1.90 (1.70–2.11) |
| Men | 62 (7.8) | 124 (13.2) | 1.69 (1.40–1.98) | 46 (6.1) | 101 (10.3) | 1.70 (1.37–2.04) |
| Foot pain | ||||||
| Women | 130 (12.1) | 250 (21.9) | 1.80 (1.61–2.00) | 96 (9.5) | 192 (15.9) | 1.80 (1.57–2.03) |
| Men | 53 (6.7) | 111 (11.8) | 1.77 (1.46–2.09) | 45 (5.9) | 102 (10.4) | 1.76 (1.42–2.09) |
a
The prevalence (risk) ratio presents the ratio of the pain risk/probability among those who had a body mass index of ≥27 kg/m2 to the pain probability among those who had a body mass index of <27 kg/m2 at the same assessment.