Table 4. Associations of multiple somatic symptoms with multi-site pain when one of the seven somatic symptoms was ignored.
| Somatic symptom disregarded | Number of somatic symptoms | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ≥1 somatic symptom | |||||||||
| PRRa | (95%CI) | PRRa | (95%CI) | PRRa | (95%CI) | PRRa | (95%CI) | PRRa | (95%CI) | PRRa | (95%CI) | PRRa | (95%CI) | PAFb (%) | |
| Faintness or dizziness | 2.4 | (2.1–2.8) | 3.9 | (3.3–4.7) | 5.1 | (4.2–6.3) | 5.2 | (4.2–6.5) | 5.8 | (4.6–7.5) | 5.7 | (4.6–7.1) | 3.7 | (3.2–4.4) | 57.6 |
| Pains in heart or chest | 2.5 | (2.1–2.9) | 4.1 | (3.4–5.0) | 5.0 | (4.1–6.2) | 5.4 | (4.3–6.8) | 5.8 | (4.5–7.4) | 5.9 | (4.7–7.3) | 3.8 | (3.2, 4.5) | 58.6 |
| Nausea or upset stomach | 2.5 | (2.1–3.0) | 4.2 | (3.5–5.0) | 4.8 | (3.9–5.9) | 5.5 | (4.4–6.8) | 5.6 | (4.4–7.1) | 5.4 | (4.4–6.7) | 3.8 | (3.2–4.4) | 57.0 |
| Trouble getting breath | 2.4 | (2.1–2.7) | 4.1 | (3.4–5.0) | 5.0 | (4.1–6.0) | 5.3 | (4.3–6.6) | 6.1 | (4.8–7.7) | 5.8 | (4.6–7.2) | 3.8 | (3.2–4.4) | 58.6 |
| Hot or cold spells | 2.5 | (2.2–3.0) | 4.3 | (3.6–5.2) | 4.8 | (3.8–6.0) | 5.3 | (4.2–6.7) | 5.6 | (4.4–7.1) | 5.1 | (4.0–6.5) | 3.8 | (3.2–4.5) | 56.7 |
| Feeling weak in parts of your body | 2.5 | (2.1–2.9) | 3.7 | (3.1–4.3) | 4.3 | (3.6–5.2) | 4.7 | (3.8–5.8) | 5.1 | (4.1–6.5) | 4.8 | (3.9–5.9) | 3.3 | (2.9–3.9) | 53.2 |
| Numbness or tingling in parts of your body | 2.5 | (2.2–2.9) | 3.8 | (3.2–4.6) | 4.2 | (3.5–5.1) | 4.8 | (3.9–6.0) | 4.8 | (3.9–6.0) | 5.1 | (4.0–6.3) | 3.4 | (3.0–4.0) | 54.4 |
a Prevalence rate ratio, adjusted for sex and age (in four 10-year strata), for pain at ≥4 vs. 0 anatomical sites in participants with the specified number of somatic symptoms compared with no somatic symptoms. The specified number of symptoms was from the total of six that remained when the symptom in the left-hand column was disregarded.
b Population attributable fraction