Table 2.

Prevalence of widespread pain recent week (%) according to two indicators of WSP (see text), stratified by age and gender (n = 7637).

Variables	Age group	All	Men	Women
WSP4limbs	All	4.8	3.0	6.5
	-29	1.6	2.1	1.2
	30 – 49	4.1	2.1	5.8
	50 – 64	7.0	3.9	9.9
	65-	6.7	4.8	8.3
WSPconlimbs	All	7.4	4.9	9.7
	-29	2.4	2.8	2.0
	30 – 49	6.3	3.7	8.5
	50 – 64	11.3	6.7	15.6
	65-	9.1	6.9	11.0