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Table 1 Demographic data (n = 4638)

From: Low back pain precedes the development of new knee pain in the elderly population; a novel predictive score from a longitudinal cohort study

Variables

With new knee pain (n = 1262)

Without new knee pain (n = 3376)

Age (year)

63.6 ± 6.5 [50–75]

62.0 ± 6.3 [50–75]

Sex

 Male

411 (32.6)

1221 (36.2)

 Female

851 (67.4)

2155 (63.8)

BMI

23.1 ± 3.1 [14.3–36.1]

22.3 ± 2.8 [13.6–37.8]

Weight change, No (%)

 Within 3 kg

286 (22.7)

965 (28.6)

 3〜10 kg increase

473 (37.5)

1190 (35.3)

 10 kg < increase

277 (22.0)

592 (17.5)

 3〜10 kg decrease

226 (17.9)

629 (18.6)

 3 kg < decrease

0 (0)

0 (0)

Smoking

 Current smoker

130 (10.3)

361(10.7)

 Quitted

263 (20.8)

728 (21.6)

 Never smoker

869 (68.9)

2287 (67.7)

Alcohol

 Current drinker

688 (54.5)

2034 (60.1)

 Quitted

31 (2.5)

46 (1.4)

 Never drinker

543 (43.0)

1296 (38.4)

Alcohol consumption (unit/day)

 < 1 unit

420 (61.0)

1200 (59.3)

 1 ≤ consumption < 2

198 (28.7)

591 (29.2)

 2 ≤ consumption < 3

62 (9.0)

182 (9.0)

 3 ≤ consumption

9 (1.3)

49 (2.5)

Activity

 Sedentary

76 (6.0)

237 (7.0)

 Moderately active

883 (70.0)

2341 (69.3)

 Active

303 (24.0)

798 (23.7)

Mental health (points)

18.5 ± 3.4 [6–25]

19.1 ± 3.3 [5–25]

Low back pain (points)

0, 0–1 [0–20]

0, 0–2 [0–20]

ABI

1.09 ± 0.08 [0.58–1.31]

1.08 ± 0.07 [0.51–1.39]

hsCRP (mg/dl)

1019.2 ± 3073.5 [50–52,700]

897.1 ± 3338.4 [50–1,260,000]

NTX (nmolBCE/nmolCr)

40.5 ± 21.0 [7–154]

40.2 ± 20.2 [5–196]

CTX (μg/nmolCr)

224.9 ± 139.1 [14–1005]

226.4 ± 131.0 [13–1103]

  1. Data for continuous variables are expressed as mean ± SD [minimum–maximum] except for low back pain (median, inter-quartile range [minimum–maximum]), and data for categorical variables are expressed as numbers and percentages
  2. BMI body mass index, ABI ankle-brachial pressure index, hsCRP high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, NTX cross-linked N-telopeptide of type I collagen (urine), CTX cross-linked C-telopeptide of type I collagen (urine)