Low Back Pain among Medical Students in Belgrade (Serbia): A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Self-perceived subjective triggers connected with occurrence of low back pain among medical students regarding their gender.

Factors	Males	Females	value
	()	()
	Number (%)	Number (%)
Weather conditions
Small/moderate impact	16 (15.5)	61 (24.9)	0.153
Strong/extremely strong  impact	5 (4.9)	12 (4.9)
Mental stress during an exam period
Small/moderate impact	32 (31.1)	85 (34.7)	<0.001
Strong/extremely strong  impact	20 (19.4)	91 (37.1)
Sitting at the university
Small/moderate impact	34 (33.0)	77 (31.4)	0.002
Strong/extremely strong  impact	23 (22.3)	99 (40.4)
House cleaning
Small/moderate impact	39 (37.9)	82 (33.5)	0.555
Strong/extremely strong  impact	18 (18.4)	57 (23.2)
Bad mattress
Small/moderate impact	37 (35.9)	82 (33.4)	0.862
Strong/extremely strong  impact	36 (25.3)	68 (27.8)
Fatigue
Small/moderate impact	31 (30.1)	56 (22.9)	0.043
Strong/extremely strong  impact	33 (32.0)	114 (46.5)
Lack of exercise
Small/moderate impact	32 (20.5)	65 (21.5)	<0.001
Strong/extremely strong  impact	43 (27.6)	136 (44.8)
Improper body posture
Small/moderate impact	27 (26.2)	51 (20.8)	0.005
Strong/extremely strong  impact	51 (49.5)	163 (66.5)

According to the chi-square test.