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. 2011 Apr 4;12:68. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-68

Table 2.

One year prevalence of CANS lasting for at least one week during the previous year

Complaint Number of subjects with complaints All Prevalence (95% CI) (n = 440) Males Prevalence (95% CI) (n = 188) Females Prevalence (95% CI)(n = 252)
Neck complaints 163 0.37 (0.29 to 0.45) 0.38 (0.26 to 0.51) 0.36 (0.26 to 0.47)
Shoulder complaints 150 0.34 (0.26 to 0.42) 0.33 (0.22 to 0.46) 0.35 (0.25 to 0.46)
Upper arm complaints 84 0.19 (0.12 to 0.25) 0.18 (0.10 to 0.29) 0.19 (0.11 to 0.28)
Elbow complaints 48 0.11 (0.06 to 0.16) 0.07 (0.02 to 0.14) 0.14 (0.07 to 0.22)
Lower arm complaints 40 0.09 (0.05 to 0.15) 0.08 (0.03 to 0.16) 0.10 (0.04 to 0.17)
Wrist complaints 92 0.21 (0.15 to 0.28) 0.12 (0.05 to 0.21) 0.29 (0.19 to 0.39)
Hand complaints 106 0.24 (0.17 to 0.31) 0.18 (0.10 to 0.29) 0.28 (0.18 to 0.38)
Mild cases 238 0.54 (0.45 to 0.62) 0.55 (0.42 to 0.67) 0.52 (0.41 to 0.63)
Severe cases 44 0.10 (0.06 to 0.15) 0.12 (0.05 to 0.21) 0.09 (0.04 to 0.16)