Table IV.

Adjusted odds ratios^* and 95% confidence intervals for the association of work postures and agricultural tasks with chronic musculoskeletal pain for men

Work posture (hours/week)	Strata (hrs/w k)	Anatomic Site of Chronic Pain
		Neck	Hand	Finger	Knee	Hip	Back
		Repeatedly use manual tools or make repetitive motions	0
	1<60		2.86 [0.69,11.78 ]	1.57 [0.32, 7.73]
	≥60		1.99 [0.73,5.42]	1.63 [0.62, 4.26]
Drive tractors or	0
other heavy farm equipment	1<60					0.36 [0.08,1.58]
	≥60					2.16 [1.02,4.54]
Stooped over or bent down	0
	1<30	0.89 [0.35,2.24]			0.94 [0.45,1.93]	1.02 [0.40,2.63]	0.77 [0.44,1.36]
	≥30	0.62 [0.21,1.83]			1.37 [0.65,2.90]	2.49 [1.03,5.99]	1.02 [0.56,1.86]
Kneeling or	0
crawling	1<25				1.78 [0.88,3.62]		1.06 [0.58,1.95]
	≥25				1.74 [0.69,4.42]		0.63 [0.25,1.58]
Walking while carrying more than 25 pounds	0
	1<35	2.12 [0.79,5.66]				1.36 [0.57,3.23]	1.18 [0.66,2.11]
	≥35	1.88 [0.71,5.00]				1.65 [0.74,3.67]	1.10 [0.62,1.96]
Standing at a counter or machine	0
	1<60					0.78 [0.32,1.86]	0.65 [0.35,1.20]
	≥60					0.27 [0.06,1.18]	0.33 [0.14,0.82]

^*Logistic regression models adjusted for age, years working in agriculture and smoking (current vs. never/ex) The significant results are shown in bold