Table 5.

Combinations of pain and stress categories and associated ORs for ISCO groups and sex

Variable	Not daily pain/high stress		Daily pain/low stress		Daily pain/high stress
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
ISCO 1–4	1		1		1
ISCO 5–9	1.00	0.77 to 1.31	1.49	1.33 to 1.67	1.84	1.39 to 2.45
Male	1		1		1
Female	1.35	1.05 to 1.73	1.44	1.29 to 1.61	2.30	1.72 to 3.08

Mutually adjusted for occupational industry, sex and age, and weighted for sex, age, occupational industry, highest completed education, family income, family type and origin.

The category of ‘not daily pain/low stress’ was used as reference.

The Spearman correlation coefficient between stress and pain was 0.26 (p<0.0001).

Values are presented as ORs and 95% CIs.

ISCO, International Standard Classification of Occupations.