Table 4.

Association between socio-demographic and clinical variables with the presence or absence of a diagnosed MSK diseases (n = 1061)

	Without MSK diseases n = 677; n (%)	MSK diseases n = 384; n (%)	p
Female gender	423 (62.4)	219 (57.2)	0.095
Mean age, mean (SD)a	48.8 (19.8)	43.5 (19.4)	<0.001
Marital status (married)	507 (75.0)	269 (69.9)	0.052
Mean years of formal education, mean (SD)	6.4 (4.6)	7.4 (4.7)	<0.001
Blood hypertension	102 (15.0)	26 (6.7)	0.003
Gastritis	173 (25.5)	64 (16.6)	0.006
Anxiety	153 (22.6)	53 (13.8)	<0.001
Depression	149 (22.1)	41 (10.9)	<0.001
Smoking	18 (2.6)	21 (5.2)	0.03
Indigenous language	484 (82.3)	266 (76.1)	0.050

SD standard deviation