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Table 4 Crude and adjusted longitudinal Linear regression analyzes of pain intensity. Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. 2020

From: Short-term impact of COVID-19 pandemic on low back pain: data from the PAMPA Cohort, Brazil

 

Crude

 

Model 1

 
 

β (95% CI)

p-value

β (95% CI)

p-value

Gender

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  Male

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Female

0.49 (0.27; 0.71)

 

0.50 (0.28; 0.71)

 

Age group

 

 < 0.001

 

0.011

  18–30

Ref

 

Ref

 

  31–59

0.54 (0.35; 0.73)

 

0.43 (0.23; 0.64)

 

  60 + 

0.46 (0.07; 0.84)

 

0.13 (-0.27; 0.53)

 

Educational level

 

0.084

 

0.002

  High school or less

Ref

 

Ref

 

  University degree

-0.23 (-0.48; 0.03)

 

-0.24 (-0.50; 0.02)

 

  Postgraduate

-0.27 (-0.54; -0.001)

 

-0.43 (-0.70; -0.16)

 

BMI*

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  Normal

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Overweight

0.26 (0.05; 0.47)

 

0.21 (-0.01; 0.42)

 

  Obese

0.66 (0.41; 0.91)

 

0.48 (0.22; 0.75)

 

Chronic disease

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  No

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Yes

0.75 (0.57; 0.94)

 

0.62 (0.43; 0.82)

 

Commitment to social distancing

 

0.170

0.2161a

 

0.526

0.4578a

  Low

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Medium

0.30 (-0.08; 0.67)

 

0.23 (-0.13; 0.59)

 

  High

0.29 (-0.04; 0.61)

 

0.17 (-0.15; 0.49)

 
   

Model 2

 

Anxiety

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  Sustained/Better

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Worse

0.27 (0.18; 0.38)

 

0.28 (0.19; 0.38)

 
   

Model 3

 

Depression

 

 < 0.001

 

 < 0.001

  Sustained/Better

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Worse

0.23 (0.13; 0.35)

 

0.22 (0.11; 0.33)

 
   

Model 4

 

Physical activity

 

 < 0.001a

 

0.0002a

  Sustained active

Ref

 

Ref

 

  Sustained inactive

0.82 (0.57; 1.07)

 

0.55 (0.29; 0.82)

 

  Become inactive

0.32 (0.04; 0.60)

 

0.23 (-0.05; 0.51)

 

  Become active

0.51 (0.11; 0.90)

 

0.26 (-0.15; 0.66)

 
  1. Model 1: adjusted for gender, age group, educational level, BMI and chronic disease
  2. Model 2: Model 1 plus anxiety
  3. Model 3: Model 1 plus depression
  4. Model 4: Model 1 plus physical activity
  5. *Body Mass Index
  6. a p for heterogeneity