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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 15.
Published in final edited form as: Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2016 Oct 15;41(20):1621–1627. doi: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000001563

Table 4.

Path coefficients of stepwise structural model analysis

Model 1
Oswestry Disability
Model 2
Oswestry Disability
Model 3
Oswestry Disability
Control variables
Age .05a .04a .04a
Gender (Female) .12b .11b .13c
BMI .15b .11a .08a
Full-time work status (employment) −.40d −.34d −.12b
Work style (sedentary) −.07a −.06a −.01a
Low back pain current in months −.07a −.04a −.06a
Low back pain initial in months .02a .05a .06a
Pain frequency (intermittent and constant) .14b .04a .04a
Pain description (dull, sharp, or both) .13b .08a .04a
Pain location (1=low back only, 2= buttock and thigh, 3=distal to knee) .11a .05a −.06a
Main effects
Visual analogue scale .33d .38d
DBI .21d
BAI .05a
FABQ .29d
Interaction effects
Full-time work status*Visual analogue scale .17b
R2 .39 .46 .62

Notes:

a

Not Significant;

b

P<0.05;

c

P<0.01;

d

P<0.001.