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. 2011 Aug 1;12:176. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-176

Table 2.

Fall frequency at different pain states

Pain status n Fall % OR 95%CI p
Without pain 44 56.8 1.00
Neck pain 16 56.3 0.97 0.3-3.1 0.969
Low back pain 21 57.1 1.01 0.4-2.9 0.980
Concurrent 63 85.7 4.56 1.8-11.5 0.001

Frequency of falling within the group without pain, with neck pain only, with low back pain only and in the group with concurrent neck and low back pain.

Concurrent = concurrent neck and low back pain corresponding to more than 30 days/year, n = number of participants, OR = odds ratio, CI = confidence intervals, p = level of significance. Significant at the level of p >/= 0.05.