Table 5.

Association between instrument played and regional pain in the past 12 months – multivariate analyses

	OR (95% CI)
	Low back pain†	Neck pain‡	Shoulder pain‡	Elbow pain	Wrist/hand pain¶
Instrument played
Strings	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wind	0.78 (0.35-1.72)	2.53 (1.06-6.03)	1.10 (0.48-2.52)	0.58 (0.19-1.74)	2.90 (1.26-6.68)
Brass	0.45 (0.20-1.03)	0.95 (0.43-2.14)	0.73 (0.32-1.67)	0.39 (0.13-1.20)	0.41 (0.15-1.15)
Other	1.09 (0.38-3.17)	1.38 (0.46-4.15)	0.49 (0.15-1.61)	0.96 (0.29-3.17)	2.55 (0.84-7.70)
Somatising score
Low	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Medium	1.60 (0.85-3.03)	1.52 (0.79-2.90)	1.61 (0.84-3.09)	2.91 (1.21-7.03)	2.04 (0.97-4.27)
High	3.61 (1.79-7.31)	2.46 (1.18-5.12)	4.01 (1.91-8.41)	4.35 (1.70-11.14)	3.07 (1.37-6.84)

Separate models were constructed in relation to each site of pain. All models were adjusted for age, sex and somatising tendency

^†Also adjusted for low support, lack of choice

^‡Also adjusted for low mood, low support

^¶Also adjusted for low mood, low security, lack of choice