Table 4 Associations between timing of back pain and spine modes (N = 1405).

From: Associations between back pain across adulthood and spine shape in early old age in a British birth cohort

Timing of back pain*

Sex adjusted model

Fully-adjusted model¶,†

β (95%CI)

P value

β (95%CI)

P value

SM1

No back pain

0

0.28

0

0.28

Mid-adulthood only

0.09 (−0.09, 0.27)

 

0.09 (−0.09, 0.27)

 

Later adulthood only

−0.09 (−0.22, 0.04)

 

−0.09 (−0.23, 0.04)

 

Persistent

−0.01 (−0.15, 0.13)

 

−0.02 (−0.16, 0.12)

 

SM2

No back pain

0

0.35

0

0.34

Mid-adulthood only

−0.04 (−0.22, 0.13)

 

−0.03 (−0.21, 0.15)

 

Later adulthood only

0.02 (−0.11, 0.15)

 

0.03 (−0.10, 0.16)

 

Persistent

0.11 (−0.03, 0.25)

 

0.12 (−0.02, 0.26)

 

SM3

No back pain

0

0.089

0

0.40

Mid-adulthood only

−0.14 (−0.30, 0.01)

 

−0.12 (−0.27, 0.04)

 

Later adulthood only

−0.09 (−0.21, 0.03)

 

−0.06 (−0.18, 0.05)

 

Persistent

−0.13 (−0.25, −0.01)

 

−0.06 (−0.18, 0.06)

 

SM4

No back pain

0

0.22

0

0.49

Mid-adulthood only

−0.07 (−0.25, 0.11)

 

−0.07 (−0.24, 0.11)

 

Later adulthood only

−0.003 (−0.14, 0.13)

 

−0.003 (−0.14, 0.13)

 

Persistent

−0.14 (−0.28, −0.0003)

 

−0.10 (−0.24, 0.04)

 

SM5

No back pain

0

0.27

0

0.33

Mid-adulthood only

0.05 (−0.13, 0.23)

 

0.05 (−0.13, 0.23)

 

Later adulthood only

−0.07 (−0.20, 0.06)

 

−0.07 (−0.21, 0.06)

 

Persistent

−0.11 (−0.25, 0.03)

 

−0.10 (−0.24, 0.04)

 

SM6

Men, n = 676

No back pain

0

0.027

0

0.067

Mid-adulthood only

−0.13 (−0.39, 0.12)

 

−0.12 (−0.38, 0.13)

 

Later adulthood only

−0.26 (−0.45, −0.08)

 

−0.24 (−0.43, −0.05)

 

Persistent

−0.21 (−0.41, −0.01)

 

−0.16 (−0.37, 0.04)

 

Women, n = 729

No back pain

0

0.23

0

0.29

Mid-adulthood only

−0.15 (−0.39, 0.09)

 

−0.15 (−0.39, 0.09)

 

Later adulthood only

0.07 (−0.12, 0.25)

 

0.06 (−0.13, 0.24)

 

Persistent

−0.11 (−0.31, 0.08)

 

−0.11 (−0.30, 0.09)

 

SM7

No back pain

0

0.81

0

0.79

Mid-adulthood only

−0.03 (−0.21, 0.15)

 

−0.04 (−0.21, 0.14)

 

Later adulthood only

0.02 (−0.11, 0.15)

 

0.02 (−0.12, 0.15)

 

Persistent

0.06 (−0.08, 0.20)

 

0.06 (−0.08, 0.20)

 

SM8

No back pain

0

<0.001

0

<0.001

Mid-adulthood only

0.27 (0.10, 0.44)

 

0.26 (0.09, 0.43)

 

Later adulthood only

0.06 (−0.06, 0.19)

 

0.06 (−0.07, 0.18)

 

Persistent

0.29 (0.16, 0.42)

 

0.27 (0.13, 0.40)

 
  1. SM: spine mode.
  2. *Mid-adulthood only: back pain reported at age 36 and/or 43 years only; Later adulthood only: back reported at age 53 and/or 60–64 years only; Persistent: Back reported in both mid and later adulthood.
  3. Combined analyses presented except for mode 6 which was sex-stratified, sex interaction, p = 0.048 (unadjusted model); adjusted for sex, current BMI, spine aBMD, own occupational class, physical activity, GHQ-28 and number of children.