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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Womens Health Phys Therap. 2013 Jan-Apr;37(1):11–18. doi: 10.1097/JWH.0b013e31828c1ab3

Table 2.

Characteristics of participants by chronic back pain (CBP)

Variables No CBP
(N=1998)
CBP
(N = 343)
Total
(N = 2341)
P-value 1
Age Mean(SD) 41.90(14.42) 43.63(14.35) 42.15(14.42) 0.039
White Race 1863 (93.2%) 317 (92.4%) 2180 (93.1%) 0.578
College Education 1281 (64.1%) 188 (54.8%) 1469 (62.8%) 0.001
Perceived Health <0.001
Excellent/Very good 1464 (73.3%) 169 (49.3%) 1633 (69.8%)
Good 460 (23.0%) 117 (34.1%) 577 (24.6%)
Fair/Poor 74 (3.7%) 57 (16.6%) 131 (5.6%)
Activity Level <0.001
Sedentary 312 (15.6%) 95 (27.7%) 407 (17.4%)
Moderately active 1271 (63.6%) 207 (60.3%) 1478 (63.1%)
Very active 415 (20.8%) 41 (12.0%) 456 (19.5%)
Obese 547 (27.4%) 144 (42.0%) 691 (29.5%) <0.001
Parity 0.501
No live birth child 679 (34.0%) 109 (31.8%) 788 (33.7%)
One live birth child 374 (18.7%) 60 (17.5%) 434 (18.5%)
2 or more live births 945 (47.3%) 174 (50.7%) 1119 (47.8%)
Delivery Type 0.039
No vaginal births 959 (48.0%) 144 (42.0%) 1103 (47.1%)
Ever vaginal birth 1039 (52.0%) 199 (58.0%) 1238 (52.9%)
Asthma 263 (13.2%) 47 (13.7%) 310 (13.2%) 0.785
SUI 704 (35.2%) 168 (49.0%) 872 (37.2%) <0.001
SUI Only 2 389 (55.3%) 80 (47.6%) 469 (53.8%)
MUI 2 315 (44.7%) 88 (52.4%) 403 (46.2%)
1

P-values are obtained using two-sample t-test for continuous variables and chi-square test of independence for categorical variables

2

Denominator for percentages is based on the number reporting SUI