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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pain. 2010 Dec 3;152(1):223–229. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.10.045

Table 3.

Linear regression analyses with baseline MPI pain severity as the outcome variable.

Beta coefficient in univariate analysis (95% CI) P Beta coefficient in multivariate analysis* (95% CI) P
Smoking status
 Never 0.00 0.00
 Former 0.86 (−0.45, 2.18) 0.197 −0.06 (−1.29, 1.17) 0.922
 Current 2.89 (1.58, 4.20) <0.001 0.51 (−0.76, 1.78) 0.427
CES-D score 0.28 (0.23, 0.31) <0.001 0.25 (0.21, 0.29) <0.001
Age 0.03 (−0.01, 0.07) 0.130 0.06 (0.02, 0.10) 0.002
Female sex −0.45 (−1.70, 0.79) 0.474 −0.41 (−1.56, 0.74) 0.485
Married −0.74 (−1.87, 0.39) 0.201 −0.83 (−1.92, 0.26) 0.137
Years of education −0.69 (−0.89, −0.50) <0.001 −0.53 (−0.71, −0.34) <0.001
Currently employed −4.45 (−5.62, −3.29) <0.001 −2.72 (−3.84, −1.60) <0.001
Pain duration 0.00 (−0.05, 0.05) 0.991 −0.01 (−0.06, 0.04) 0.627
Morphine equivalent dose (per 50 mg/day) 0.45 (0.23, 0.67) <0.001 0.28 (0.07, 0.49) 0.008
*

Adjusted for all other factors listed in the table.