Table 2.
Prevalence of any and chronic MSP in the total population (n = 8618), and MSP regions, RMD diagnoses and pain characteristics in the chronic MSP population by 5-year age intervals (n = 2513)
| Total | 40–44 yrs | 45–49 yrs | 50–54 yrs | 55–59 yrs | 60–64 yrs | 65–69 yrs | 70–75 yrs | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of participants, n (%) | 8618 (100.0) | 526 (6.1) | 865 (10.0) | 1172 (13.6) | 1524 (17.7) | 1748 (20.3) | 1754 (20.4) | 1029 (11.9) | - |
| Any MSP, n (%) | 4541 (52.7) | 280 (53.2) | 447 (51.7) | 633 (54.0) | 832 (54.6) | 933 (53.4) | 924 (52.7) | 492 (47.8) | 0.03 |
| Chronic MSP, n (%) | 2513 (29.2) | 132 (25.1) | 207 (24.0) | 339 (29.0) | 475 (31.2) | 551 (31.6) | 523 (29.8) | 286 (27.8) | < 0.01* |
| Chronic MSP population (n = 2513) | |||||||||
| Pain regions, n (%) a | |||||||||
| Everywhere | 170 (6.8) | 3 (2.3) | 15 (7.3) | 30 (8.9) | 37 (7.8) | 27 (4.9) | 33 (6.3) | 25 (8.7) | 0.32 |
| Knee, ankle and/or foot | 1311 (52.2) | 51 (38.6) | 100 (48.3) | 161 (47.5) | 266 (56.0) | 315 (57.2) | 278 (53.2) | 140 (49.0) | < 0.01** |
| Neck, chest and/or shoulder | 1638 (65.2) | 92 (69.7) | 141 (68.1) | 236 (69.6) | 326 (68.6) | 337 (61.2) | 334 (63.9) | 172 (60.1) | 0.13 |
| Low back | 1383 (55.0) | 86 (65.2) | 116 (56.0) | 188 (55.5) | 256 (53.9) | 304 (55.2) | 278 (53.2) | 155 (54.2) | 1.00 |
| Elbow, wrist and/or hand | 1013 (40.3) | 39 (29.6) | 80 (38.7) | 136 (40.1) | 210 (44.2) | 234 (42.5) | 222 (42.5) | 92 (32.2) | 0.02** |
| Hip and/or pelvis | 809 (32.2) | 46 (34.9) | 60 (29.0) | 102 (30.1) | 159 (33.5) | 185 (33.6) | 166 (31.7) | 91 (31.8) | 1.00 |
| Number of MSP locations, n (%) | 0.03* | ||||||||
| 1 | 374 (14.9) | 19 (14.4) | 31 (15.0) | 51 (15.0) | 56 (11.8) | 75 (13.6) | 85 (16.3) | 57 (19.9) | |
| 2 | 554 (22.1) | 32 (24.2) | 56 (27.1) | 61 (18.0) | 95 (20.0) | 133 (24.1) | 117 (22.4) | 60 (21.0) | |
| 3 | 497 (19.8) | 32 (24.2) | 37 (17.9) | 56 (16.5) | 103 (21.7) | 101 (18.3) | 112 (21.4) | 56 (19.6) | |
| ≥ 4 | 1088 (43.3) | 49 (37.1) | 83 (40.1) | 171 (50.4) | 221 (46.5) | 242 (43.9) | 209 (40.0) | 113 (39.5) | |
| RMD diagnosis , n (%) b, c | < 0.01* | ||||||||
| Yes | 734 (29.2) | 21 (15.9) | 50 (19.9) | 90 (26.5) | 130 (27.2) | 170 (30.9) | 177 (33.8) | 96 (33.6) | |
| Osteoarthritis | 203 (8.1) | 3 (2.3) | 11 (5.3) | 18 (5.3) | 39 (8.2) | 43 (7.8) | 65 (12.4) | 24 (8.4) | |
| Fibromyalgia | 125 (5.0) | 5 (3.8) | 16 (7.7) | 23 (6.8) | 28 (5.9) | 29 (5.3) | 17 (3.3) | 7 (2.5) | |
| Tendinitis or bursitis | 61 (2.4) | 1 (0.8) | 2 (1.0) | 11 (3.2) | 7 (1.5) | 19 (3.5) | 16 (3.1) | 5 (1.8) | |
| Other | 345 (13.7) | 12 (9.1) | 21 (10.1) | 38 (11.2) | 56 (11.8) | 79 (14.3) | 79 (15.1) | 60 (21.0) | |
| No | 1777 (70.7) | 111 (84.1) | 157 (75.9) | 249 (73.5) | 344 (72.4) | 381 (69.2) | 346 (66.2) | 189 (66.1) | |
| Pain by trauma, n (%) d | 295 (11.8) | 21 (15.9) | 26 (12.6) | 37 (10.9) | 53 (11.2) | 62 (11.3) | 58 (11.1) | 38 (13.3) | 0.72 |
| Pain intensity, mean (SD) d | 5.6 (1.7) | 5.8 (1.6) | 5.5 (1.7) | 5.7 (1.8) | 5.6 (1.7) | 5.5 (1.7) | 5.6 (1.8) | 5.8 (1.7) | 0.47 |
MSP Musculoskeletal Pain, RMD Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases
*Chi2 or ANOVA test p-value < 0.05
**p-value < 0.05 after Bonferroni correction
aBonferroni correction was applied for age group comparisons of pain regions
bOnly participants with MSP completed the RMD questionnaire
cNo. of participants with a missing value n = 2
dBased on 2511/2513 participants