Impact of Neck and Shoulder Pain on Health-Related Quality of Life in a Middle-Aged Community-Living Population

Table 1

Comparison between with and without neck and shoulder pain according to sex.

Variables	Total			Male			Female
	NSP+	NSP−		NSP+	NSP−		NSP+	NSP−
Number of subjects	150	168		42	83		108	85
Age (years)			.0012			.1608			.0345
Sex (male/female)	42/108	83/85	.0002
Body height (cm)			.0051			.4038			.9989
Body weight (kg)			.6064			.9729			.0855
BMI (kg/m^2)			.1990			.4691			.0866
PBF (%)			<.0001			.2037			.0304
aSMI (kg/m^2)			.0068			.4304			.3208
NC by manual (cm)			.1303			.8383			.0076
NC by BIA (cm)			.2312			.7837			.0074
Grip strength (kg)			.0067			.6006			.3547
Back muscle strength (kg)			.1735			.8335			.3240
10 m gait time (s)			.4342			.8734			.8896
TUG (s)			.9137			.4560			.5784
Albumin (g/dL)			.3469			.6296			.4949
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)			.1264			.1919			.9679
Triglycerides (mg/dL)			.8730			.9932			.6297
CRP (mg/dL)			.5985			.8629			.1093
Prevalence of LBP (%)	54, 36.0%	43, 25.6%	.0588	13, 31.0%	19, 22.9%	.4482	41, 38.0%	24, 28.2%	.2055
Prevalence of KJP (%)	30, 20.0%	26, 15.5%	.3629	4, 9.5%	10, 12.0%	.9025	26, 24.1%	16, 18.8%	.4827

The values are given as the mean and the standard deviation (). Italic values indicate significant difference. NSP: neck and shoulder pain; BMI: body mass index; PBF: percent body fat; aSMI: appendicular skeletal muscle index; NC: neck circumference; BIA: bioelectrical impedance analysis; TUG: timed up-and-go; CRP: C-reactive protein; LBP: low back pain; KJP: knee join pain.