Table 4. Factors associated with the presence of musculoskeletal symptoms based on analysis of the binary logistic regression.
| Body Region | Factor | b | SE | Wald | p | OR | CI (OR) | R 2 | c2 (df) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Symptoms in the last 12 months | |||||||||
| Cervical spine | Physical exercise | –0.862 | 0.930 | 7.848 | 0.005 | 0.422 | 0.231-0.772 | 0.010 | 17.63 (7)* |
| Thoracic spine | Smoking | 0.863 | 0.420 | 4.213 | 0.04 | 2.369 | 1.04-5.398 | 0.084 | 15.13 (6)* |
| Lumbar spine | Job position | 0.861 | 0.329 | 6.855 | 0.009 | 2.364 | 1.242-4.503 | 0.120 | 20.19 (6)* |
| Smoking | 1.021 | 0.458 | 4.973 | 0.026 | 2.775 | 1.132-6.807 | |||
| Sick leave | 1.787 | 0.809 | 4.885 | 0.027 | 5.973 | 1.224-29.142 | |||
| Vertebral column | Job position | 0.924 | 0.394 | 5.487 | 0.019 | 2.519 | 1.163-5.457 | 0.150 | 25.09 (4)* |
| Physical exercise | –0.981 | 0.334 | 8.609 | 0.003 | 0.375 | 0.195-0.722 | |||
| Smoking | 0.176 | 0.759 | 5.398 | 0.02 | 5.826 | 1.317-25.765 | |||
| Wrist and hand | Sick leave | 1.641 | 0.594 | 7.638 | 0.006 | 5.159 | 1.612-16.514 | 0.090 | 15.84 (5)* |
| Upper limbs | Gender | –1.328 | 0.053 | 6.254 | 0.012 | 0.265 | 0.094-0.75 | 0.073 | 12.64 (3)* |
| Sick leave | 1.679 | 0.82 | 4.195 | 0.041 | 5.358 | 1.07-26.71 | |||
| Knee | Sick leave | 1.445 | 0.592 | 5.957 | 0.015 | 4.243 | 1.329-13.542 | 0.074 | 11.9 (4)* |
| Lower limbs | Sick leave | 1.723 | 0.804 | 4.598 | 0.032 | 5.603 | 1.16-27.1 | 0.090 | 14.25 (6)* |
| Impairment in DLAs due to symptoms | |||||||||
| Any region | Sick leave | 2.054 | 0.631 | 10.585 | 0.001 | 7.797 | 2.263-28.87 | 0.100 | 17.65 (3)* |
| Thoracic spine | Sick leave | 1.951 | 0.691 | 7.971 | 0.005 | 7.037 | 1.816-27.27 | 0.05 | 12.33 (3)* |
| Lumbar spine | Sick leave | 3.858 | 1.239 | 9.701 | 0.002 | 47.38 | 4.18-53.69 | 0.300 | 29.30 (9)* |
| Vertebral column | Sick leave | 2.43 | 0.633 | 14.72 | 0.000 | 11.360 | 3.283-39.307 | 0.160 | 23.13 (6)* |
| Shoulder | Sick leave | 1.772 | 0.785 | 5.098 | 0.024 | 5.88 | 1.263-27.367 | 0.160 | 15.23 (5)* |
| Upper limbs | Housework | –1.637 | 0.606 | 7.298 | 0.007 | 0.194 | 0.059-0.638 | 0.110 | 12.43 (5)* |
| Symptoms for which medical assistance was sought | |||||||||
| Any region | Gender | –1.830 | 0.745 | 6.036 | 0.014 | 0.16 | 0.04-0.69 | 0.170 | 28.15 (6)* |
| Sick leave | 2.008 | 0.782 | 6.59 | 0.01 | 7.45 | 1.61-34.5 | |||
| Cervical spine | Sick leave | 2.216 | 0.786 | 7.953 | 0.005 | 9.173 | 1.96-42.80 | 0.100 | 17.63 (7)* |
| Thoracic spine | Other paid activity | 1.015 | 0.49 | 4.148 | 0.042 | 2.76 | 1.04-7.33 | 0.140 | 15.30 (4)* |
| Sick leave | 1.678 | 0.649 | 6.685 | 0.01 | 5.35 | 1.5-19.1 | |||
| Lumbar spine | Job position | 1.217 | 0.469 | 6.745 | 0.009 | 3.378 | 1.35-8.46 | 0.230 | 28.24 (8)* |
| Sick leave | 1.94 | 0.65 | 8.97 | 0.003 | 6.954 | 1.95-24.74 | |||
| Vertebral column | Sick leave | 2.58 | 0.724 | 12.683 | 0.000 | 13.18 | 3.18-54.5 | 0.200 | 27.62 (8)* |
| Shoulder | Other paid activity | 1.081 | 0.519 | 4.332 | 0.037 | 2.947 | 1.065-8.155 | 0.250 | 28.17 (6)* |
| Sick leave | 2.263 | 0.715 | 10.02 | 0.002 | 9.614 | 2.36-39.04 | |||
| Upper limbs | Sick leave | 1.576 | 0.59 | 7.04 | 0.008 | 4.836 | 1.51-15.5 | 0.100 | 12.33 (5)* |
β
- logistic regression coefficient
SE
- standard error
Wald
- logistic regression coefficient divided by the square SE
P
- significance level of the Wald statistics
OR
- odds ratio
CI(OR)
- confidence interval of the 95% odds ratio
dg
- degrees of freedom
*
P<0.05.