Investigating the Burden of Chronic Pain: An Inflammatory and Metabolic Composite

Table 1

Participant representation by demographics and health behaviors.

	Women	Men	Both
Age group%
30–44 years	22.9	21.2	22.1
45–59 years	27.6	28.7	28.1
60–69 years	30.4	33.0	31.6
70–87 years	19.1	17.1	18.2
Higher education%
No	63.2	57.3	60.5
Yes	36.8	42.7	39.5
Chronic pain%
No	59.4	71.3	65.0
Yes	40.6	28.7	35.0
Smoking%
Never	40.4	33.8	37.3
Previously	38.2	46.9	42.3
Currently	21.4	19.3	20.4
Alcohol consumption%
Never	14.7	7.8	11.5
<4 units per month	24.4	15.8	20.4
4–16 units per month	39.4	43.2	41.2
>16 units per month	21.5	33.2	27.0
Exercise frequency
<Once per week	18.5	26.7	22.3
Once per week	18.5	21.4	19.9
2-3 times per week	40.7	36.3	38.7
>3 times per week	22.4	15.6	19.2

Note: higher education is defined as education > median for the age group.