Table 3.
Prevalence of musculoskeletal pain in the past month at ten anatomical sites and estimated logistic regression coefficients for association between pain at pairs of sites among rural hand-woven
| Anatomical site | Prevalence∗ of pain in past month (%) | Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals)† |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low back | Neck | Right shoulder | Left shoulder | Right elbow | Left elbow | Right wrist/hand | Left wrist/hand | Right knee | ||
| Low back | 27.4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Neck | 10.3 | 1.79 (0.83–3.87) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Right shoulder | 20.1 | 2.01‡ (1.03–4.03) | 3.05‡ (1.15–8.13) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Left shoulder | 17.6 | 1.87 (0.92–3.84) | 4.25‡ (1.60– 11.3) | 35.40‡ (16.9–73.9) | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Right elbow | 8.6 | 0.61 (0.24–1.54) | 1.23 (0.39–3.91) | 4.22‡ (1.42–12.50) | 0.67 (0.21–2.18) | – | – | – | – | – |
| Left elbow | 5.8 | 1.81 (0.67–4.96) | 0.68 (0.39–3.91) | 0.37 (0.10–1.33) | 6.34‡ (1.79–21.90) | 27.40‡ (8.40–89.90) | – | – | – | – |
| Right wrist/hand | 17.6 | 1.64 (0.86–3.14) | 0.94 (0.37–2.39) | 2.62∗ (1.15–5.96) | 1.29 (0.54–3.08) | 5.93‡ (2.26–15.50) | 0.27 (0.08–1.06) | – | – | – |
| Left wrist/hand | 11.9 | 0.97 (0.46–2.04) | 1.99 (0.76–5.27) | 0.94 (0.35–2.52) | 0.94 (0.34–2.55) | 0.77 (0.24–2.41) | 10.6‡ (3.32–34.10) | 15.3‡ (7.60–30.70) | – | – |
| Right knee | 12.8 | 1.59 (0.79–3.21) | 2.11 (0.87–5.13) | 2.46 (0.90–6.67) | 0.49 (0.17–1.41) | 3.72‡ (1.31–10.60) | 1.92 (0.57–6.44) | 1.44 (0.61–3.42) | 0.63 (0.23–1.71) | – |
| Left knee | 13.4 | 2.27∗ (1.16–4.43) | 2.92∗ (1.22–6.98) | 0.55 (0.19–1.51) | 1.62 (0.59–4.47) | 0.24 (0.05–0.86) | 4.70‡ (1.30–17.10) | 1.31 (0.51–2.89) | 1.48 (0.56–3.94) | 10.40‡ (4.98–21.70) |
∗
Withdraw participants (n = 30) due to history of accident.
†
Odds ratios adjusted for age.
‡
p < 0.05.