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Table 2 Associated post-disaster lifestyle factors with prevalent and exacerbated musculoskeletal pain

From: Lifestyle factors associated with prevalent and exacerbated musculoskeletal pain after the Great East Japan Earthquake: a cross-sectional study from the Fukushima Health Management Survey

 

Musculoskeletal pain

Absent

Prevalent

Exacerbated

Shelter use

 No

15,931 (67.9)

6012 (62.3)a

923 (50.9)ab

 Yes

7525 (32.1)

3638 (37.7)a

890 (49.1)ab

Job loss

 No

19,057 (81.2)

7438 (77.1)a

1257 (69.3)ab

 Yes

4399 (18.8)

2212 (22.9)a

556 (30.7)ab

Decreased income

 No

19,106 (81.5)

7600 (78.8)

1374 (75.8)ab

 Yes

4350 (18.5)

2050 (21.2)

439 (24.2)ab

Smoking status

 Never

12,862 (54.8)

5380 (55.8)

1086 (59.9)ab

 Past

5848 (24.9)

2438 (25.3)

408 (22.5)

 Current light smoking

2374 (10.1)

901 (9.3)

147 (8.1)

 Current heavy smoking

2372 (10.1)

931 (9.6)

172 (9.5)

Drinking status

 Never

11,075 (47.2)

4664 (48.3)

916 (50.5)a

 Past

727 (3.1)

367 (3.8)

71 (3.9)

 Current light drinking

8976 (38.3)

3429 (35.5)

622 (34.3)a

 Current heavy drinking

2678 (11.4)

1190 (12.3)

204 (11.3)

Insomnia

 No

15,728 (67.1)

4677 (48.5)a

645 (35.6)ab

 Yes

7728 (32.9)

4973 (51.5)a

1168 (64.4)ab

Regular exercise

 Almost not

11,071 (47.2)

4783 (49.6)a

915 (50.5)a

 1 time per week

3373 (14.4)

1387 (14.4)

240 (13.2)

 2–4 times per week

4994 (21.3)

2117 (21.9)

422 (23.3)

 Almost daily

4018 (17.1)

1363 (14.1)a

236 (13.0)a

Community activities

 Never or rarely

13,894 (59.2)

6427 (66.6)a

1285 (70.9)ab

 Sometimes

7118 (30.3)

2548 (26.4)a

429 (23.7)a

 Often

2444 (10.4)

675 (7.0)a

99 (5.5)a

  1. Percentages are shown in parentheses. Statistically significant and observed ±3% or more difference compared to the Absent group (a), and to the Prevalent group (b); The total percentage does not always add up to 100