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Table 1 Baseline sociodemographic characteristics comparing those who did or did not receive acupuncture for low back pain.

From: Determinants for receiving acupuncture for LBP and associated treatments: a prospective cohort study

Sociodemographic data

No acupuncture (n = 1,166)

Acupuncture (n = 179)

p-value

Age

48.5 (CI 47–49)

51 (CI 49–53)

< .01

Age in age groups (n = 1,199)

   

< 40 years

308 (30 %)

40 (24 %)

< .02

40–60 years

514 (50 %)

78 (48 %)

 

> 60 years

210 (20 %)

49 (29%)

 

Gender

   

Female

665 (57%)

116 (65 %)

< .05

Male

501 (43 %)

63 (35 %)

 

Body mass index (n = 1,246)

26.7 (CI 26–27)

26.8 (CI 26–27)

n.s.

School education (n = 1,191)

   

< 10 years

428 (42 %)

72 (44 %)

n.s

10 years

318 (31 %)

60 (36 %))

 

> 10 years

256 (25 %)

29 (18 %)

 

other

24 (2 %)

4 (2 %)

 

Living with partner (n = 1,281)

783 (76 %)

121 (73 %)

n.s.

Employment status (n = 1,193)

   

▪ Working full or part-time

677 (66 %)

89 (54 %)

< .01

▪ Housekeeping

102 (10 %)

17 (10 %)

 

▪ Retired

203 (20 %)

52 (31 %)

 

▪ Unemployed

45 (4 %)

8 (5 %)

 

Net income (n = 1,052)

   

▪ < 1,000

164 (18 %)

27 (18 %)

n.s.

▪ 1,001–2,000 Euro

397 (43 %)

77 (50 %)

 

▪ 2,001–3,000 Euro

248 (27 %)

38 (25 %)

 

▪ >3,000 Euro

108 (12 %)

11 (7 %)

 
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  2. CI: 95 % confidence intervals