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. 2008 Jun 27;7:33. doi: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-33

Table 2.

Prevalence of CANS during the previous year that lasted at least one week

Complaint Total number of
subjects with
complaints


Total
Prevalence (95% CI)
(n = 250)


Male
Prevalence (95% CI)
(n = 163)


Female
Prevalence (95% CI)
(n = 87)
Neck complaints 161 0.64(0.58 to 0.70) 0.65 (0.57 to 0.72) 0.63 (0.52 to 0.73)
Shoulder complaints 103 0.41 (0.35 to 0.47) 0.37 (0.29 to 0.44) 0.48 (0.37 to 0.58)
Upper arm complaints 82 0.32 (0.26 to 0.38) 0.26 (0.19 to 0.33) 0.44 (0.34 to 0.55)
Elbow complaints 48 0.19 (0.14 to 0.24) 0.16(0.10 to 0.22) 0.24 (0.14 to 0.33)
Lower arm complaints 53 0.21 (0.16 to 0.26) 0.19 (0.12 to 0.25) 0.25 (0.15 to 0.34)
Wrist complaints 74 0.29 (0.23 to 0.35) 0.24(0.17 to 0.31) 0.43(0.33 to 0.54)
Hand complaints 77 0.30 (0.25 to 0.36) 0.23 (0.17 to 0.30) 0.39 (0.28 to 0.49)
Mild cases 133 0.53 (0.48 to 0.60) 0.51 (0.42 to 0.59) 0.58 (0.47 to 0.68)
Severe cases 9 0.04 (0.07 to 0.17) 0.33 (0.30 to 0.47) 0.66 (0.53 to 0.74)