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Table 4 Association of pain at the 3 most frequent sites (knee, lumbar spine, hip) with patient characteristics ± in a multivariate stepwise forward logistic regression analysis

From: A geriatric assessment in general practice: prevalence, location, impact and doctor-patient perceptions of pain

  

95 % CI

 
 

OR

Lower

Upper

p value

frontal knee (n = 74)

    

 no. pain sites

1.72

1.43

2.06

<0.001

 bADL

3.79

2.01

7.16

<0.001

lumbar spine (n = 73)

    

 no. pain sites

1.53

1.30

1.81

<0.001

 sleeping disorder

1.94

1.07

3.52

0.03

 not enough exercise

1.99

1.09

3.62

0.03

frontal hip (n = 30)

    

 no. pain sites

1.33

1.12

1.58

0.001

 not enough exercise

2.27

1.04

4.95

0.04

  1. ±14 parameters assessed as part of the comprehensive geriatric assessment
  2. bADL activities of daily living, CI confidence interval