Table 5.
Personal factors associated with LBP among physicians in the last 12 months
| Low back pain | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| No N=77 N (%) | Yes N=177 N (%) | ||
| Gender | |||
| Male (n=170 | 55 (32.4) | 115 (67.6) | 0.315* |
| Female (n=84) | 22 (26.2) | 62 (73.8) | |
| Nationality | |||
| Saudi (n=132) | 42 (31.8) | 90 (68.2) | 0.588* |
| Non-Saudi (n=122) | 35 (28.7) | 87 (71.3) | |
| Marital status | |||
| Single (n=70) | 21 (30.0) | 49 (70.0) | 0.831* |
| Married (n=182) | 55 (30.2) | 127 (69.8) | |
| Divorced (n=2) | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | |
| Age (years) | |||
| Mean±SD | 35.3±7.9 | 36.3±9.9 | 0.451** |
| Smoking | |||
| Non-smoker (n=178) | 59 (33.1) | 119 (66.9) | 0.296* |
| Current smoker (n=56) | 14 (25.0) | 42 (75.0) | |
| Ex-smoker (n=20) | 4 (20.0) | 16 (80.0) | |
| Body mass index | |||
| Underweight (n=4) | 1 (25.0) | 3 (75.0) | 0.948* |
| Normal (n=76) | 23 (30.3) | 53 (69.7) | |
| Overweight (n=93) | 30 (32.3) | 63 (67.7) | |
| Obese (n=81) | 23 (28.4) | 58 (71.6) | |
*
Chi-square test;
**
Student`s t-test.