Low Back Pain Prevalence and Associated Factors in Iranian Population: Findings from the National Health Survey

Table 1

Descriptive prevalence of low back pain across study variable levels.

Variable	Low back pain		𝑃 value
	No.	%
Obesity
Nonobese	5209	28.0
Obese	1234	38.6	<0.001
Sex
Men	2162	18.3
Women	5409	37.5	<0.001
Place of residence
Urban	4609	26.8
Rural	2962	32.6	<0.001
Smoking
Smoker	958	25.3
Nonsmoker	6611	29.4	<0.001
Marital status
Single	990	19.1
Married	6581	31.2	<0.001
Education level
Basic	5898	33.9
Moderate	1342	20.2	<0.001
High	324	15.0