Table 1.
Demographics and pain intensity (worst pain in the low back) of the men and women of this study. Pain cases were defined as those having pain intensity of at least 4 in the low back and controls as those having a pain intensity of 3 or less. Mean (SD).
| Men | Women | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | Pain | Control | Pain | |
| N | 11 | 7 | 19 | 5 |
| Age, yrs | 37(12) | 45(15) | 44(9) | 45(9) |
| Height, cm | 179(7) | 177(7) | 165(7) | 167(3) |
| Weight, kg | 79(9) | 76(7) | 66 (12) | 59(5) |
| BMI | 25(2) | 24(2) | 24(5) | 22(2) |
| Pain intensity (0–10) | 0.91 (1.2) | 5.67(1.9) | 1.42(1.3) | 5.0(1.2) |