Table 3.
Anatomical sites | Working in a cold environment <25% of the time n=5754 |
Working in a cold environment ≥25% of the time n=779 |
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Reference | Adjusted for age and sex | Fully adjusted model* | ||||
n | n | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI | |
1–2 sites† | 783 | 113 | 1.15 | 0.92 to 1.44 | 0.95 | 0.73 to 1.24 |
≥3 sites‡ | 904 | 156 | 2.02 | 1.64 to 2.48 | 1.57 | 1.23 to 2.01 |
Neck | 765 | 132 | 1.78 | 1.44 to 2.20 | 1.46 | 1.13 to 1.89 |
Back | 811 | 126 | 1.38 | 1.12 to 1.71 | 1.18 | 0.91 to 1.52 |
Shoulder | 753 | 139 | 1.96 | 1.58 to 2.42 | 1.39 | 1.08 to 1.78 |
Arm | 465 | 86 | 1.93 | 1.49 to 2.50 | 1.34 | 0.98 to 1.83 |
Hand | 341 | 48 | 1.66 | 1.19 to 2.32 | 1.16 | 0.79 to 1.71 |
Hip | 514 | 65 | 1.59 | 1.19 to 2.12 | 1.26 | 0.90 to 1.75 |
Leg | 557 | 96 | 1.87 | 1.47 to 2.40 | 1.47 | 1.10 to 1.96 |
Foot | 385 | 43 | 1.16 | 0.83 to 1.63 | 0.80 | 0.54 to 1.19 |
Head | 318 | 39 | 1.28 | 0.89 to 39 | 1.13 | 0.75 to 1.70 |
Stomach | 210 | 33 | 1.42 | 0.96 to 33 | 1.30 | 0.82 to 2.04 |
Statistically significant results are highlighted in bold (p < .05)
*Adjusted for age, sex, education, body mass index, insomnia, physical activity at work, leisure time physical activity and smoking.
†Model does not include those with pain at ≥3 sites.
‡Model does not include those with pain at 1–2 sites.