Table 4.

Pain status and subsequent mortality from cancer in study A (in subcohort free from cancer diagnosis at time of original survey)

Adjustment	Mortality rate ratio (95% CI)*
	Regional pain	Widespread pain
Age, sex	1.40 (0.85 to 2.33)	2.06 (1.15 to 3.70)
Age, sex, current smoking status	1.39 (0.84 to 2.30)	2.07 (1.15 to 3.71)
Age, sex, current smoking status, level of psychological distress	1.19 (0.71 to 2.01)	1.91 (1.04 to 3.49)

^*Participants classified as “no pain” form reference group.