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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of eligible participants in the development and validation datasets

From: Development and validation of a pre-scoring system for nonspecific low back pain among general population in Guangzhou: a cross-sectional study

Variable

Whole dataset(N = 1439)

Development dataset(N = 1002)

Validation dataset(N = 437)

Individual characteristics

 Age

34.41 ± 9.34

34.16 ± 9.21

34.97 ± 9.64

 BMI

21.92 ± 3.03

21.98 ± 3.07

21.80 ± 2.94

 Average exercise times weekly

2.35 ± 1.25

2.37 ± 1.28

2.30 ± 1.16

 Gender

  Female

722 (50.2)

518 (51.7)

204 (46.7)

  Male

717 (49.8)

484 (48.3)

233 (53.3)

 Educational level

  Middle school or below

228 (15.8)

163 (16.3)

65 (14.9)

  High school

337 (23.4)

233 (23.3)

104 (23.8)

  College degree or above

874 (60.7)

606 (60.5)

268 (61.3)

 Marital status

  Singlehood

417 (29.0)

297 (29.6)

120 (27.5)

  Married

1001 (69.6)

690 (68.9)

311 (71.2)

  Divorced et al.

21 (1.5)

15 (1.5)

6 (1.4)

 Smoking habits

  Non-smoking

1104 (76.7)

755 (75.3)

349 (79.9)

  Smoking

259 (18.0)

195 (19.5)

64 (14.6)

  No longer smoking

76 (5.3)

52 (5.2)

24 (5.5)

 Drinking habits

  None

1032 (71.7)

710 (70.9)

322 (73.7)

  A little(≤one bottle beer daily)

346 (24.0)

246 (24.6)

100 (22.9)

  Much(>one bottle beer daily)

61 (4.2)

46 (4.6)

15 (3.4)

 Place of residence

  City

334 (23.2)

231 (23.1)

103 (23.6)

  Villages and towns

717 (49.8)

494 (49.3)

223 (51.0)

  Countryside

388 (27.0)

277 (27.6)

111 (25.4)

 Monthly income (CNY)

  < 1000

134 (9.3)

100 (10.0)

34 (7.8)

  1000 ≤ < 5000

1006 (69.9)

702 (70.1)

304 (69.6)

  5000 ≤ < 10,000

258 (17.9)

176 (17.6)

82 (18.8)

  ≥ 10,000

41 (2.8)

24 (2.4)

17 (3.9)

Work-related characteristics

 Main nature of work

  Brain

460 (32.0)

328 (32.7)

132 (30.2)

  Brain & manual

739 (51.4)

506 (50.5)

233 (53.3)

  Manual

240 (16.7)

168 (16.8)

72 (16.5)

 The intensity of daily work

  Almost not

321 (22.3)

219 (21.9)

102 (23.3)

  Light

765 (53.2)

537 (53.6)

228 (52.2)

  Intergrade

310 (21.5)

219 (21.9)

91 (20.8)

  Heavy

43 (3.0)

27 (2.7)

16 (3.7)

 Vibration

  Systemic

43 (3.0)

31 (3.1)

12 (2.7)

  Partial

292 (20.3)

199 (19.9)

93 (21.3)

  None

1104 (76.7)

772 (77.0)

332 (76.0)

Psychosocial characteristics

 SF1

3.24 ± 0.64

3.23 ± 0.65

3.28 ± 0.61

 SF2

3.19 ± 0.76

3.18 ± 0.76

3.22 ± 0.75

 SF_PHYS

15.24 ± 2.00

15.20 ± 2.03

15.31 ± 1.94

 SF_PSYCH

13.85 ± 2.21

13.77 ± 2.26

14.03 ± 2.09

 SF_SOCIL

14.21 ± 2.34

14.24 ± 2.35

14.15 ± 2.31

 SF_ENVIR

12.46 ± 2.20

12.45 ± 2.22

12.47 ± 2.14

  1. Age, years; BMI Body mass index; Vibration means whether or not contacting vibration sources at work. Systemic includes feet or hip contact, and partial means hands contact; SF1 Overall evaluation about quality of life, SF2 Overall evaluation about health condition, SF_PHYS Physiology health domain, SF_PSYCH Psychological health domain, SF_SOCIL Social relation health domain, SF_ENVIR Environmental health domain