Proportion of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders attributable to personal and occupational factors: results from the French Pays de la Loire study

Table 1 Distribution of the six Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders (UEMSD) among the study population

	Overall population (N = 1275)		Men (N = 754)		Women (N = 521)		P
	UEMSD	%	UEMSD	%	UEMSD	%	P
Rotator cuff syndrome (RCS)	81	6.4	43	5.7	38	7.3	0.255
Lateral epicondylar tendinopathy (LET)	28	2.2	22	2.9	6	1.2	0.034
Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)	25	2.0	7	0.9	18	3.5	0.001
Ulnar tunnel syndrome	12	0.9	7	0.9	5	1.0	0.956
De Quervain tenosynovitis	10	0.8	4	0.5	6	1.2	0.333*
Flexor-extensor peritendinitis or tenosynovitis of the forearm-wrist region	9	0.7	5	0.7	4	0.8	1.000*
At least one of the six UEMSD	143	11.2	76	10.1	67	12.9	0.122
At least two of the six UEMSD	20	1.6	11	1.5	9	1.7	0.704

P: Chi-square test for difference between genders; *Fisher’s exact test for difference between genders; P < 0.05 are in bold

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