. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 12.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Ind Med. 2009 Feb;52(2):113–123. doi: 10.1002/ajim.20660

TABLE III.

Overall Prevalence and Gender-Specific Prevalence of Computer-Related Discomfort/Pain by Anatomic Site

Site of pain	Overall prevalence (%)	Female and male students reporting discomfort/pain in this location (%)		Minority and non-minority students reporting discomfort/pain in this location (%)^a		Female minority students reporting discomfort/pain in this location (%)^a
Site of pain	Overall prevalence (%)	Female (n =41)	Male (n =125)	Minority (n =80)	Non-minority (n =74)	Femaleminority (n =22)	Other^b (n =140)
Neck	62	75	58	66	59	71	61
Shoulder	50	60	47	51	47	57	49
Upper arm	9	13	8	10	6	20^*	8
Elbow	22	28	20	23	21	29	20
Forearm	28	28	27	22^*	35	20	28
Wrist	52	56	51	46	60	50	52
Hand	35	41	34	29	42	40	34
Fingers	35	34	35	33	35	32	34

P <0.10, by Fisher’s Exact Test, comparing females minority students with others and minority with non-minority students.

Missing data: Race/ethnicity, n =12; Gender and race/ethnicity, n =4.

Other refers to male minority and male/female non-minority students.