OR of neck/shoulder pain and low back pain, respectively, together with 95% CI associated with number of critical life changes during the preceding 5 years, by different “arenas”
| Number of critical life changes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0* | 1 | 2– | ||||
| Case/control | OR† | Case/control | OR† (95% CI) | Case/control | OR† (95% CI) | |
| *Reference category. No critical life changes at work during or outside work the preceding 5 years. | ||||||
| †Adjusted for age and sex. | ||||||
| ‡Respectively one and at least two critical life changes outside work during but no critical life changes at work the preceding 5 years compared with the reference category. | ||||||
| §Respectively one and at least two critical life changes at work, but no critical life changes outside work during the preceding 5 years compared with the reference category. | ||||||
| ¶Respectively one and at least two critical life changes at work and/or outside work during the preceding 5 years. | ||||||
| **The number of exposed cases/controls is higher than the sum of exposed cases/controls in the categories outside work and at work, since critical life changes in this category may have happened at work and/or outside work. | ||||||
| Outside work‡ | ||||||
| Neck/shoulder | 39/252 | 1 | 60/346 | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) | 45/159 | 1.6 (1.0 to 2.6) |
| Low back | 101/251 | 1 | 164/346 | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) | 80/159 | 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) |
| At work§ | ||||||
| Neck/shoulder | 39/252 | 1 | 48/175 | 1.8 (1.1 to 2.8) | 27/84 | 2.1 (1.2 to 3.6) |
| Low back | 101/251 | 1 | 70/175 | 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) | 52/84 | 1.6 (1.0 to 2.4) |
| In total¶ | ||||||
| Neck/shoulder | 39/252 | 1 | 108/521 | 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0) | 292/927** | 1.8 (1.3 to 2.6) |
| Low back | 101/251 | 1 | 234/521 | 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) | 461/927** | 1.2 (0.9 to 1.6) |