Sedentary Lifestyle and Nonspecific Low Back Pain in Medical Personnel in North-East Poland

Table 5

The influence of the particular components of the metabolic syndrome on prevalence of recurrent nonspecific lower back pain in patients declaring sedentary lifestyle.

Metabolic syndrome component	Recurring nsLBP		Chronic nsLBP
	OR; (95 CI)	p	OR; (95 CI)	p
Smoking	9.305 (5.339 – 16.219)	<0.001	0.821 (0.262 – 2.576)	0.735
Excessive coffee consumption ( ≥ 6 cups for day)	16.688 (8.771 – 43.363)	<0.001	0.299 (0.038 – 2.343)	0.250
Overweight or obesity	2.182 (1.368 – 3.481)	0,001	4.020 (1.084 – 14.913)	0.038
Hiperlipidemia	3.277 (1.069 – 10.050)	0.038	4.800 (1.207 – 19.082)	0.026
Diabetes type 2	3.505 (1.150 – 10.680)	0.027	4.517 (1.141 – 17.875)	0.032
Arterial hypertension	0.160 (0.034 – 0.756)	0.021	17.905 (4.432 – 72.340)	<0.001

OR: odds ratio; 95 %CI: confidence interval for OR.
The risk of nsLBP was significantly increased; the risk of nsLBP was significantly decreased (the univariate logistic regression model).