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. 2013 Aug 21;18(6):893–900. doi: 10.1007/s00776-013-0455-5

Table 5.

Associations of individual factors and comorbidities with prevalence of lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS)

Crude analysisa Adjusted analysisa
OR 95 % CI P value AOR 95 % CI P value
Age (vs. 40–49)
 50–59 2.55 (1.28–5.08) 0.008 2.30 (0.93–5.65) 0.070
 60–69 2.94 (1.50–5.75) 0.002 2.50 (1.00–6.21) 0.049
 70–79 6.18 (3.23–11.81) <0.001 5.38 (2.03–14.21) 0.001
Sex (vs. Male)
 Female 1.02 (0.73–1.41) 0.928 0.93 (0.57–1.53) 0.784
BMI (vs. ≥22, <25)
 <18 0.68 (0.27–1.75) 0.427 0.47 (0.10–2.16) 0.333
 ≥18, <22 0.87 (0.58–1.30) 0.486 1.40 (0.81–2.40) 0.228
 ≥25, <30 1.53 (0.99–2.37) 0.054 1.89 (1.08–3.32) 0.027
 ≥30 1.14 (0.58–2.23) 0.707 0.78 (0.27–2.26) 0.642
Educational level (vs. elementary-high school)
 Professional school, junior college 0.50 (0.28–0.91) 0.022 0.75 (0.37–1.50) 0.415
 University or above 0.49 (0.28–0.87) 0.015 0.74 (0.38–1.47) 0.392
Household income (JPY) (vs. <3,000,000)
 3,000,000≤, <5,000,000 0.75 (0.49–1.15) 0.183 0.85 (0.49–1.46) 0.548
 5,000,000≤, <7,000,000 0.38 (0.21–0.69) 0.001 0.58 (0.27–1.25) 0.165
 7,000,000≤ 0.57 (0.36–0.90) 0.017 0.88 (0.46–1.68) 0.709
Occupation (vs. no)
 Yes 1.674 (1.20–2.33) 0.002 0.80 (0.47–1.36) 0.409
Perceived stress (JPSS) (vs. low)
 Moderate (18–22) 1.41 (0.85–2.33) 0.186 1.47 (0.79–2.75) 0.229
 Severe (≥23) 2.49 (1.61–3.84) <0.001 1.50 (0.81–2.77) 0.197
Depressive symptoms (MHI-5) (vs. none)
 Low (60–67) 1.96 (1.25–3.08) 0.003 1.86 (1.02–3.38) 0.043
 Moderate (52–59) 1.81 (0.93–3.51) 0.080 1.34 (0.53–3.37) 0.538
 Severe (<52) 3.64 (2.45–5.42) <0.001 3.55 (1.97–6.40) <0.001
Comorbidities
 Hypertension 2.14 (1.53–2.98) <0.001 1.21 (0.75–1.96) 0.428
 Diabetes mellitus 2.84 (1.86–4.34) <0.001 2.05 (1.14–3.67) 0.017
 Cardiovascular disorder 2.72 (1.71–4.32) <0.001 1.50 (0.77–2.94) 0.234
 Ophthalmic disorder 2.53 (1.69–3.78) <0.001 0.97 (0.53–1.78) 0.932
 Gastrointestinal disorder 1.64 (1.05–2.57) 0.029 1.23 (0.70–2.15) 0.478
 Urological disorder 2.93 (1.75–4.91) <0.001 2.17 (1.10–4.29) 0.026
 Osteoarthritis, Fracture 4.19 (2.79–6.27) <0.001 2.71 (1.53–4.82) 0.001
 Neurological disorder 7.16 (1.83–27.97) 0.005 7.87 (1.20–51.58) 0.031
 Osteoporosis 3.18 (1.85–5.48) <0.001 0.89 (0.38–2.08) 0.792

aThe crude analysis used single-variate logistic regressions whereas the adjusted analysis used multivariate logistic regression including all explanatory variables

OR Odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, BMI body mass index, JPY Japanese yen, JPSS Japanese perceived stress test, MHI-5 Mental Health Inventory-5