Table 1.
Lifestyle factors, demographic factors, and extent of multimorbidity in participants with and without chronic pain, by presence and extent of chronic pain.
| Presence of chronic pain | Extent of chronic pain | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No (%) (N = 281,647; 56.3%) |
Yes* (%) (N = 218,648; 43.7%) |
One site (%) (N = 115,193; 23.0%) |
Two to three sites (%) (N = 81,406; 16.3%) |
Four to seven sites (%) (N = 14,924; 3.0%) |
Widespread pain (%) (N = 7125; 1.4%) |
|
| Age | ||||||
| 37–49 | 68776 58.6% |
48487 41.4% |
26633 22.7% |
17431 14.9% |
3083 2.7% |
1340 1.1% |
| 50–59 | 93134 55.9% |
73343 44.1% |
38037 22.8% |
27111 16.3% |
5489 3.3% |
2706 1.6% |
| 60–73 | 119737 55.3% |
96818 44.7% |
50523 23.3% |
36864 17.0% |
6352 2.9% |
3079 1.4% |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female | 146497 53.8% |
125729 46.2% |
62649 23.0% |
48686 17.9% |
9852 3.6% |
4542 1.7% |
| Male | 135150 59.3% |
92919 40.8% |
52544 23.0% |
32720 14.3% |
5072 2.2% |
2583 1.1% |
| Townsend score (level of deprivation) | ||||||
| 1 (least deprived) | 60049 59.8% |
40375 40.2% |
22833 22.7% |
14607 14.5% |
2069 2.1% |
866 0.9% |
| 2 | 58333 58.4% |
41524 41.6% |
23126 23.2% |
15140 5.2% |
2334 2.3% |
924 0.9% |
| 3 | 57147 57.1% |
42937 42.9% |
23390 23.4% |
15804 15.8% |
2588 2.6% |
1155 1.2% |
| 4 | 55934 56.0% |
43983 44.0% |
22869 22.9% |
16464 16.5% |
3161 3.2% |
1489 1.5% |
| 5 (most deprived) | 49858 50.2% |
49536 49.8% |
22837 23.0% |
19276 19.4% |
4740 4.8% |
2683 2.7% |
| Smoking status | ||||||
| Current or Previous | 119914 53.2% |
105628 46.8% |
53543 23.7% |
40454 17.9% |
7913 3.5% |
3718 1.6% |
| Never | 160798 58.9% |
112092 41.1% |
61229 22.4% |
40574 14.9% |
6931 2.5% |
3358 1.2% |
| Frequency of alcohol intake | ||||||
| Never or special occasions only |
46924 47.8% |
51231 2.2% |
22231 22.6% |
20346 20.8% |
5482 5.6% |
3172 3.2% |
| One to three times a month |
29975 53.8% |
25771 46.2% |
12901 23.1% |
10045 18.0% |
1978 3.5% |
847 1.5% |
| One to four times a week |
143735 58.8% |
100582 41.2% |
56518 23.1% |
36236 14.8% |
5502 2.2% |
2326 0.9% |
| Daily or almost daily |
60815 59.8% |
40841 40.2% |
3443 23.1% |
14686 18.0% |
1945 .5% |
767 0.8% |
| BMI | ||||||
| underweight < 18.5 | 1611 61.6% |
1003 38.4% |
521 19.9% |
355 13.6% |
83 3.2% |
44 1.7% |
| normal weight 18.5–24.9 |
97908 62.4% |
59035 37.6% |
33996 21.7% |
20730 13.2% |
2996 1.9% |
1313 0.8% |
| overweight 25–29.9 | 122651 57.4% |
90852 42.5% |
49141 23.0% |
33629 15.7% |
5514 2.6% |
2568 1.2% |
| obese ≥30 | 58264 46.8% |
66329 53.2% |
30919 24.8% |
26174 21.0% |
53057 2.4% |
3057 2.4% |
| Physical activity | ||||||
| None | 13917 42.6% |
18740 57.4% |
7257 2.2% |
7413 22.7% |
2427 7.4% |
1643 5.0% |
| Low | 8373 44.3% |
10518 55.7% |
4587 24.3% |
4228 22.4% |
1083 5.7% |
620 3.3% |
| Medium | 223563 56.9% |
169112 43.1% |
91214 23.2% |
63119 16.1% |
10454 2.7% |
4325 1.1% |
| High | 33137 66.2% |
16889 33.8% |
10805 21.6% |
5364 10.7% |
572 1.1% |
148 0.3% |
| Number of long-term conditions | ||||||
| 0 | 125067 65.0% |
67258 35.0% |
41809 21.7% |
22256 11.6% |
2329 1.2% |
864 0.4% |
| 1 | 93594 56.6% |
71717 43.3% |
39599 23.9% |
26431 16.0% |
3873 2.3% |
1814 1.1% |
| 2–3 | 56989 46.6% |
65337 53.4% |
29490 24.1% |
26744 21.9% |
6136 5.0% |
2967 2.4% |
| ≥4 | 5346 28.5% |
13427 71.5% |
3945 21.0% |
5613 29.9% |
2466 13.1% |
1403 7.5% |
*Participants with at least one site of chronic pain.