Association between location (site and relative position) of vertebral deformity, back pain, poor health and functional impairment
| Variable | Functional impairment* OR (95% CI) |
Back pain†current OR (95% CI) |
Back pain†
past year OR (95% CI) | General health‡ OR (95% CI) |
| Women | ||||
| Lumbarv thoracic§ | 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) | 1.4 (1.0, 2.0) | 1.5 (1.0, 2.3) | 1.1 (0.7, 1.6) |
| Adjacentv non-adjacent¶ | 1.9 (0.8, 4.7) | 2.1 (0.9, 4.9) | 1.6 (0.7, 3.8) | 2.2 (0.9, 5.6) |
| Men | ||||
| Lumbarv thoracic§ | 1.1 (0.7, 1.7) | 1.2 (0.8, 1.8) | 0.9 (0.6, 1.4) | 1.3 (0.8, 2.0) |
| Adjacentv non-adjacent¶ | 0.3 (0.1, 0.9) | 0.6 (0.2, 1.6) | 0.6 (0.3, 1.6) | 0.9 (0.3, 2.9) |
All analyses adjusted for age and centre. Dependent variable — self reported health. *Difficulty performing ⩾5 ADLsv No difficulty or difficulty performing <5 ADLs. †Yes v no. ‡Poor, Not so goodv Satisfactory, Good, Very Good. §In those with a single deformity. ¶In those with two deformities.