Table 5 Risk factors* for chronic neck and shoulder pain at 1-year follow-up
Chronic neck pain OR (95% CI)Chronic shoulder pain OR (95% CI)
Mouse usage, quartiles of0.77 (0.55 to 1.07)1.11 (0.86 to 1.44)
hours per year
Keyboard usage, quartiles1.05 (0.74 to 1.51)0.91 (0.68 to 1.21)
of hours per year
Male/female1.43 (0.62 to 3.30)1.20 (0.55 to 2.58)
Seniority
    ⩽3 years (n = 529)1.00 (ref )1.00 (ref )
    4–7 years (n = 780)1.06 (0.36 to 3.07)0.58 (0.24 to 1.41)
    8–10 years (n = 442)1.88 (0.65 to 5.44)0.53 (0.18 to 1.54)
    >10 years (n = 375)2.53 (0.84 to 7.56)1.08 (0.43 to 2.69)
Age, 10-year increments0.85 (0.52 to 1.39)0.89 (0.55 to 1.45)
  • *OR, odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals obtained from a logistic regression model.