Table 4.

The pain characteristics in the ED and at week 6 of individuals in the spread of pain group ( ≥ 4 increase in body regions with pain between six weeks and one year) much more closely resembled those who consistently had widespread pain across follow-up time points than those without widespread pain.

	ED			Week 6
	No WP	Spread of Pain	WP	No WP	Spread of Pain	WP
Maximum pain severity, mean	6.0	7.7	7.7	4.0	6.1	7.3
Body regions with pain	4.1	4.9	7.0	2.9	3.4	7.3
Pain inference	-	-	-	14.2	34.3	35.3