Research Article
Association between Chronic Pain and Diabetes/Prediabetes: A Population-Based Cross-Sectional Survey in Saudi Arabia
Table 1
Comparison between diabetic, prediabetics, and nondiabetic subjects according to pain site in the Al-Kharj study (n = 1,019).
| Pain site | Diabetic (n = 45) | Prediabetic (n = 231) | Nondiabetic (n = 743) | Total (n = 1,019) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
| Pain site | | | | | No pain | 30 (66.7) | 183 (79.2) | 622 (83.7) | 835 (81.9) | Chest pain | 0 (0.0) | 3 (1.3%) | 14 (1.9%) | 17 (1.7) | Head pain | 0 (0.0) | 8 (3.5%) | 22 (3.0%) | 30 (2.9%) | Back pain | 4 (8.9%) | 13 (5.6%) | 31 (4.2%) | 48 (4.7) | Abdominal pain | 3 (6.7) | 10 (4.3) | 27 (3.6) | 40 (3.9) | Lower limb pain | 5 (11.1) | 8 (3.5) | 16 (2.2) | 29 (2.8) | Upper limb pain | 1 (2.2) | 1 (0.4) | 4 (0.5) | 6 (0.6) | Neck pain | 2 (4.4) | 5 (2.2) | 7 (0.9) | 14 (1.4) | Total | 45 (100) | 231 (100) | 743 (100) | 1019 (100) |
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