Negative beliefs about low back pain are associated with high pain intensity and high level disability in community-based women

Table 1 Characteristics of study participants (n = 506)

Participant characteristics	n (%)
Age (years)^†	58 (24, 80)
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m²)^†€	26.4 (15.6, 54.0)
Smoking status: Yes°	52 (10.3)
Alcohol consumption: Yes^±	405 (80.7)
Partner status: Partnered^#	342 (67.7)
Employment status: Employed^¥	260 (53.3)
Menopause status: Postmenopausal	328 (64.8)
Back pain prevalence:
Now	114 (22.5)
6 months^∝	352 (69.7)
12 months	380 (75.1)
Ever	465 (91.9)
Level of pain intensity:
No	140 (27.7)
Low	284 (56.1)
High	82 (16.2)
Level of disability:
No	398 (78.7)
Low	71 (14.0)
High	37 (7.3)

^†Median (minimum, maximum); ^€BMI: 40 cases missing data; ° Smoking status: 1 case missing data; ^± Alcohol consumption: 4 cases missing data; ^#Partner status: 1 case missing data; 'Partnered' refers to participants that were married, in a de-facto relationship or single with a partner. ^¥ Employment status: 18 cases missing data. Employment excluded voluntary work or unpaid work in the home. ^∝ Past 6 months: 1 case missing data.

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