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. 2019 Sep 27;9(9):e032297. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-032297

Table 2.

Association between disabling low back pain and independent variables from logistic regression models

Crude P value Adjusted* P value
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Frequency of shift work, per month 1.00 (0.97 to 1.04) 0.783 0.98 (0.94 to 1.02) 0.39
Sleep duration
 ≥6 hours 1.00 1.00
 <6 hours 1.04 (0.66 to 1.63) 0.864 1.12 (0.68 to 1.83) 0.659
Insomnia
 Not have insomnia 1.00 1.00
 Have insomnia 2.03 (1.34 to 3.06) <0.001 1.66 (1.05 to 2.62) 0.029
Previous episode of LBP
 No 1.00 1.00
 Yes 5.03 (1.81 to 13.97) 0.002 4.31 (1.50 to 12.41) 0.007
TSK
 Low (≤17) 1.00 1.00
 Middle (18 to 23) 2.17 (1.19 to 3.99) 0.012 2.08 (1.11 to 3.89) 0.022
 High (≥24) 5.60 (3.19 to 9.84) <0.001 6.13 (3.34 to 11.27) <0.001
K6
 <10 1.00 1.00
 ≥10 1.62 (1.02 to 2.55) 0.039 1.06 (0.64 to 1.75) 0.834
Flexibility
 Flexible 1.00 1.00
 Not flexible 1.25 (0.81 to 1.94) 0.314 0.95 (0.59 to 1.53) 0.846
Lifting
 Not frequent 1.00 1.00
 Frequent 1.31 (0.87 to 1.98) 0.201 0.99 (0.62 to 1.58) 0.973

*Adjusted for sex, age, body mass index and all other variables which are indicated in this table.

LBP, low back pain; TSK, Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia.