Table 4.

Multivariable Cox model of prognostic factors for recovery

	Modic type 1				Modic type 2
	B	SE	HRR	95% CI	B	SE	HRR	95% CI
Female	0.23	0.34	1.26	0.65, 2.43	0.02	0.02	1.02	0.99, 1.05
Education
University Education	0.79	0.38	2.21	1.04, 4.70*	0.73	0.37	2.07	1.00, 4.27
Other Education	0.38	0.81	1.46	0.30, 7.13	0.02	0.64	1.02	0.29, 3.56
Pain at activity	−0.02	0.09	0.98	0.83, 1.16	−0.07	0.07	0.93	0.82, 1.06
Pain at rest	−0.07	0.08	0.94	0.81, 1.08
Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire, physical activities (range 0–24)	0.01	0.04	1.01	0.94, 1.09	0.02	0.04	1.02	0.94, 1.09
Fear avoidance beliefs questionnaire, work (range 0–42)	−0.03	0.02	0.97	0.93, 1.00	−0.03	0.02	0.97	0.93, 1.00
Oswestry disability index (range 0–100)	0.00	0.02	1.00	0.98, 1.04
Modic type 1	−0.17	0.43	0.84	0.36, 1.95	−0.37	0.31	0.69	0.38, 1.27

Educations were collapsed: (1) vocational training and 1-year education, (2) university education, (3) other education, vocational training was used as a reference

B regression coefficient, SE standard error, HRR hazard rate ratio, CI confidence interval

* Significant at p ≤ 0.05