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Table 1 Prevalence of chronic pain, crude odd ratios and odd ratios adjusted for gender and age according to different demographic factors

From: The epidemiology of chronic pain in Libya: a cross-sectional telephone survey

 

N (%) *Reference group

No Pain

Pain

Prevalence of chronic Pain % (95 % CI)

Crude OR (95 % CI)

P

Adjusted OR (95 % CI)

P

Gender

 Male

550 (45 · 4)*

472

78

14 (11 · 1–16 · 9)

    

 Female

662 (54 · 6)

502

160

24 (20 · 7–27 · 2)

1 · 9 (1 · 4–2 · 6)

<0 · 001

1 · 9 (1 · 4–2 · 7)

0 · 000

Age(years)

 ≤ 30

431 (35 · 6)*

384

47

10 · 9 (8 · 0–13 · 8)

    

 31–40

373 (30 · 8)

329

44

11 · 8 (8 · 5–15 · 1)

1 · 1 (0 · 7–1 · 7)

0 · 691

0 · 9 (0 · 6–1 · 5)

0 · 706

 41–50

183 (15 · 1)

125

58

31 · 7 (25 · 0–38 · 4)

3 · 8 (2 · 4–5 · 8)

<0 · 001

3 · 3 (2 · 1–4 · 5)

0 · 000

 51–60

149 (12 · 3)

86

63

42 · 3 (34 · 4–50 · 2)

6 · 0 (3 · 8–9 · 3)

<0 · 001

5 · 1 (3 · 1–8 · 4)

0 · 000

 61–70

61 (5 · 0)

47

14

22 · 9 (12 · 4–33 · 4)

2 · 4 (1 · 2–4 · 7)

0 · 009

2 · 4 (1 · 1–5 · 0)

0 · 021

 ≥ 71

15 (1 · 2)

3

12

80 · 0 (59 · 8–100 · 0)

32 · 6 (8 · 9–120 · 0)

<0 · 001

69 · 0 (14 · 0–339 · 9)

0 · 000

Marital status

 Single

450 (37 · 1)*

397

53

11 · 8 (8 · 8–14 · 8)

    

 Married

669 (55 · 2)

523

176

26 · 3 (23 · 0–29 · 6)

2 · 5 (1 · 8–3 · 5)

<0 · 001

1 · 3 (0 · 9–2 · 1)

0 · 173

 Divorced

36 (3 · 0)

31

5

13 · 9 (2 · 6–25 · 2)

1 · 2 (0 · 4–3 · 2)

0 · 707

0 · 5 (0 · 2–1 · 5)

0 · 214

 Widowed

57 (4 · 7)

53

4

7 · 2 (0 · 5–13 · 9)

0 · 6 (0 · 19–1 · 6)

0 · 290

0 · 1 (0 · 0–0 · 4)

0 · 002

Employment status

 Employed full-time

296 (24 · 4)*

250

46

15 · 5 (11 · 4–19 · 6)

    

 Employed part-time

322 (26 · 6)

275

47

14 · 6 (10 · 7–18 · 5)

0 · 9 (0 · 6–1 · 4)

0 · 743

1 · 2 (0 · 8–2 · 0)

0 · 407

 Retired

78 (6 · 4)

53

25

32 · 1 (21 · 7–42 · 5)

2 · 6 (1 · 4–4 · 5)

0 · 001

1 · 2 (0 · 6–2 · 3)

0 · 603

 Not employed

317 (26 · 2)

216

101

31 · 9 (26 · 8–37 · 1)

2 · 5 (1 · 7–3 · 8)

<0 · 001

2 · 3 (1 · 4–3 · 5)

0 · 000

 Student

144 (11 · 9)

127

17

11 · 8 (6 · 5–17 · 1)

0 · 7 (0 · 4–1 · 3)

0 · 029

1 · 1 (0 · 5–2 · 2)

0 · 817

 Temporary out of work

55 (4 · 6)

53

2

3 · 6 (1 · 3–8 · 5)

0 · 2 (0 · 0–0 · 9)

0 · 032

0 · 2 (0 · 0–1 · 1)

0 · 063

 Total

1212

974

238

19 · 6 (14 · 6–24 · 6)

    
  1. *Reference group