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. 2020 Jun 22;17(12):4478. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17124478

Table 3.

Multiple analysis of the association of pain, severe pain, and four or more painful sites with the independent variables in severely obese adults.

Variable Pain Severe Pain Four or More Painful Sites Variable Pain
PR (95% CI) p PR (95% CI) p PR (95% CI) p
First Level
Gender *
Male 1
Female 1.21 (0.95–1.54) 0.127
Schooling (years)
≤10 1.09 (0.87–1.36) 0.478
≥11 1
Economic class
A–B 1 1
C 1.15 (0.83–1.59) 0.417 1.71 (1.05–2.81) 0.033 a
D 1.29 (0.89–1.88) 0.176 2.15 (1.30–3.58) 0.003 a
Second Level
Fruit Consumption (daily)
No 1.13 (0.97–1.31) 0.109
Yes 1
MVPA (min/day) (median)
<Median (8.48) 1.15 (1.03–1.28) 0.010 a
≥Median (8.48) 1
Third Level
Fall in the last 12 months
No 1
Yes 1.06 (0.84–1.33) 0.621
Fracture
No 1
Yes 1.23 (0.99–1.54) 0.068
Anxiety
No 1 1 1
Yes 1.07 (0.93–1.23) 0.337 1.17 (0.84–1.62) 0.358 1.45 (0.86–2.45) 0.159
Depression
No 1 1
Yes 1.03 (0.79–1.36) 0.810 1.42 (0.94–2.15) 0.096
Arthritis/arthrosis
No 1 1
Yes 1.31 (1.08–1.59) 0.007 a 1.38 (1.04–1.82) 0.025 a
Use of analgesics
No 1
Yes 1.30 (0.99–1.71) 0.059
Use of muscle relaxant
No 1 1
Yes 1.07 (0.96–1.19) 0.211 1.31 (1.03–1.66) 0.026 a

CI: confidence interval; PR: prevalence ratio. * The gender variable was excluded from the multiple analysis, only for pain in four or more sites. Wald test was used to calculate all p-values. a p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant (bold mark).