High Intensity Physical Exercise and Pain in the Neck and Upper Limb among Slaughterhouse Workers: Cross-Sectional Study

Table 3

Odds ratios (OR) for pain in the four body regions and disability are calculated with gender, physical exercise, age, BMI, smoking, and job function as independent variables. Statistical significant odds ratios (𝑃<0.05) are marked with bold, OR (95% CI).

	Neck	Shoulders	Elbow	Hand/wrist	Work disability
Age	1.01 (0.99–1.03)	1.01 (0.99–1.03)	1.03 (1.01–1.05)	1.00 (0.98–1.02)	1.00 (0.98–1.02)
BMI	1.00 (0.97–1.04)	1.01 (0.98–1.06)	0.99 (0.95–1.03)	0.98 (0.94–1.02)	1.03 (0.99–1.07)
Gender
Male	1	1	1	1	1
Female	1.62 (0.86–3.04)	1.77 (0.89–3.52)	1.24 (0.67–2.29)	2.27 (1.19–4.35)	1.83 (0.99–3.38)
Physical exercise
No	1	1	1	1	1
Yes	0.70 (0.49–1.00)	1.04 (0.72–1.49)	0.98 (0.68–1.40)	0.84 (0.59–1.2)	0.89 (0.62–1.28)
Smoking
No	1	1	1	1	1
Yes	1.76 (1.21–2.55)	1.39 (0.95–2.03)	1.54 (1.06–2.23)	1.53 (1.06–2.2)	1.45 (1.00–2.11)
Job position
Meat cutter	1	1	1	1	1
Meat packer	2.10  (1.35–3.25)	2.19 (1.38–3.47)	1.51 (0.98–2.32)	1.21 (0.79–1.86)	1.95 (1.27–2.99)