Table 5.
Prevalences and crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) for postural deviation in the lumbar column according to sex and pain, among adolescents within the federal educational system in Florianópolis.
| Variables | Prevalences | Crude PR (95% CI) | p-value* | Adjusted PR (95% CI) | p-value** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postural deviation | 53.8 | - | - | - | - |
| Sex | |||||
| Female | 45.8 | 0.63 (0.53-0.74) | 0.69 (0.58-0.83) | ||
| < 0.001 | < 0.001 | ||||
| Male | 54.2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Pain | |||||
| Yes | 49.3 | 0.93 (0.80-1.09) | |||
| 0.418 | Excluded from the model | ||||
| No | 50.7 | 1 | (crude p > 0.25) |
*
unadjusted p value (p from chi-square test)
**
p value for adjusted trend.