Table 1.
Socio-demographics and health characteristics for all patients
| Sample n = 118 |
Women n = 63 |
Men n = 55 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD) | 45.7 (8.3) | 45.0 (8.6) | 46.5 (8.1) |
| Body Mass Index, mean (SD) | 26.3 (3.7) | 25.5 (4.0) | 27.3 (3.1) |
| Smokingb, frequency (%) | 8 (6.8%) | 4 (6.3%) | 4 (7.4%) |
| Educationb, frequency (%) | |||
| Elementary school | 7 (6.0%) | 2 (3.2%) | 5 (9.1%) |
| High school | 51 (43.6%) | 26 (41.3%) | 25 (45.4%) |
| University | 42 (35.9%) | 28 (44.4%) | 14 (25.9%) |
| Vocational education | 17 (14.5%) | 7 (11.1%) | 10 (18.2%) |
| Sick leavea, frequency (%) | |||
| No sick leave | 75 (64.7%) | 35 (56.5%) | 40 (74.1%) |
| Full-time | 23 (19.8%) | 14 (22.6%) | 9 (16.7%) |
| Part-time | 16 (13.8%) | 11 (17.7%) | 5 (9.3%) |
| Other disease | 2 (1.7%) | 2 (3.2%) | 0 (0.0%) |
| Previous lumbar disc surgery for radiculopathy, frequency (%) | 11 (9.3%) | 7 (11.1%) | 4 (7.3%) |
an = 116
bn = 117; values correspond to mean (SD) or frequency (percent)