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. 2015 Jun 10;8:277–288. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S8256

Table S1.

Variables put into random forest model

Demographic variables
 Age
 Sex
 Race
Clinical variables
 Charlson comorbidity: myocardial infarction
 Charlson comorbidity: congestive heart failure
 Charlson comorbidity: peripheral vascular disease
 Charlson comorbidity: cerebrovascular disease
 Charlson comorbidity: dementia
 Charlson comorbidity: chronic pulmonary disease
 Charlson comorbidity: rheumatologic disease
 Charlson comorbidity: peptic ulcer disease
 Charlson comorbidity: mild liver disease
 Charlson comorbidity: diabetes
 Charlson comorbidity: diabetes with chronic complications
 Charlson comorbidity: hemiplegia or paraplegia
 Charlson comorbidity: renal disease
 Charlson comorbidity: moderate or severe liver disease
 Atypical facial pain
 Autonomic neuropathies
 Anxiety/generalized anxiety disorder
 Back and neck pain (other than lower back pain)
 Back and neck pain with neuropathic involvement (excluding low back)
 Bipolar disorder
 Causalgias
 Chest pain
 Arthritis and other arthropathies
 Carpal tunnel syndrome
 Myocardial infarction/congestive heart failure/peripheral vascular disease/cerebrovascular disease/coronary heart disease/hypertension/hyperlipidemia
 Interstitial cystitis
 Diffuse diseases of connective tissue
 Depression
 Dyspareunia
 Chronic fatigue syndrome
 Gastroesophageal reflux disease/gastritis/duodenitis/other gastrointestinal disease
 Headache/migraine
 Irritable bowel syndrome
 Insomnia/sleep disorders/sleep apnea
 Low back pain
 Restless leg syndrome
 Lupus
 Memory loss
 Mononeuritis of lower limb
 Neuritis radiculitis
 Osteoarthritis
 Other musculoskeletal pain conditions
 Other polyneuropathies
 Panic disorder
 Phantom limb pain
 Postherpetic neuralgia
 Post-traumatic stress disorder
Rheumatoid arthritis
 Rheumatism (excluding the back)
 Tinnitus
 Temporomandibular joint disorder
 Trigeminal neuralgia
 Number of musculoskeletal pain conditions
 Number of neuropathic pain conditions
 Diagnosis of obesity
Health care resource utilization variables
 Acupuncture
 Chiropractic visit
 Counseling (exercise counseling, nutrition counseling)
 Number of emergency department visits
 Number of visits where imaging was ordered
 Number of hospitalizations
 Number of visits where diagnostic/laboratoy tests were ordered
 Number of office visits
 Number of other outpatient visits
 Physical therapy
 Number of total prescriptions administered (ordered)
 Number of total prescriptions written
 Number of opioid prescriptions
 Number of total pain medication prescriptions (excluding opioids)