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. 2010 Dec 17;20(2):274–279. doi: 10.1007/s00586-010-1657-6

Table 2.

Point and lifetime prevalence of back pain and their association with scoliosis

Scoliosis group No scoliosis group Gender- and school-grade-adjusted
N = 51 N = 32,083 OR (95% CI) P value
No. % No. %
Point prevalence of back pain 14 27.5 3,596 11.4a 2.29 (1.23, 4.29) 0.009
Lifetime prevalence of back pain 30 58.8 10,561 32.9 2.10 (1.18, 3.72) 0.012

OR odds ratio of back pain according to scoliosis, CI confidence interval

aCalculated for 31,581 pupils excluding 502 non-respondents