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Table 3 Prevalence of chronic LBP by age at childbirth, in women with one childbirth only

From: Associations between the number of children, age at childbirths and prevalence of chronic low back pain: the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study

 

Total number of women in category

Number of women with chronic LBP (%)

PR (95% CI) with adjustment for age only

PR (95% CI) with additional adjustmenta

Total number of women in the analysis

  

3143

2893

Age at childbirth (years)

  ≤ 19

420

119 (28.3)

1.50 (1.23–1.83)

1.42 (1.16–1.74)

 20–24

1257

288 (22.9)

1.22 (1.03–1.43)

1.14 (0.96–1.35)

 25–29

927

182 (19.6)

1.00 (reference)

1.00 (reference)

 30–34

361

98 (27.1)

1.18 (0.96–1.47)

1.17 (0.94–1.45)

  ≥ 35

178

46 (25.8)

1.07 (0.80–1.42)

1.14 (0.86–1.52)

P for categorical effect

  

0.002

0.027

P for linear trend

  

0.005

0.12

P for quadratic effect

  

0.028

0.040

  1. aAdjustment for age, BMI, physical activity, education, smoking