Table 6
Disappearance of chronic neck and shoulder pain according to sex; logistic regression with ascending stepwise procedure
| Disappearance | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Women | |||
| n=748 | n=1056 | |||
| Factors in 1990 | OR | 95% CI | OR | 95% CI |
| OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, confidence interval; ref, reference; MSD, musculoskeletal diseases in the past; //, variable not selected in the best model. | ||||
| Years of birth (ref=1953) | ||||
| 1948 | 1.5 | (0.9 to 2.5) | 0.8 | (0.5 to 1.2) |
| 1945 | 1.2 | (0.8 to 1.9) | 0.6 | (0.4 to 0.8) |
| 1938 | 1.0 | (0.6 to 1.5) | 0.6 | (0.4 to 0.9) |
| Repetitive work (ref=never) | ||||
| In 1990 | // | // | 0.8 | (0.5 to 1.3) |
| Before 1990 | // | // | 0.5 | (0.3 to 0.7) |
| Job demand (ref=low) | ||||
| High | 0.7 | (0.5 to 0.9) | 0.7 | (0.6 to 0.9) |
| MSD in the past (ref=no) | ||||
| Yes | 0.4 | (0.3 to 0.6) | 0.6 | (0.5 to 0.8) |
| Sporting activities (ref=no) | ||||
| Yes | 1.5 | (1.1 to 2.1) | // | // |
