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Table 1 Baseline mean pain score within intervention phase based on socio-demography characteristic

From: Changes in body pain among overweight and obese housewives living in Klang Valley, Malaysia: findings from the MyBFF@home study

Characteristic/ Pain Scale

 

Back bone

Hand

Leg

Others

 

N

Mean(SD)

p-value

Mean(SD)

p-value

Mean(SD)

p-value

Mean(SD)

p-value

Intervention group (n:168)

Age group:

18–29

14

2.14(3.11)

0.286

1.14(2.14)

0.859

4.07(4.01)

0.162

0.93(2.23)

0.963

30–39

47

1.47(2.38)

1.29(2.19)

2.21(2.69)

1.06(2.06)

40–49

71

0.99(2.17)

0.96(2.01)

2.42(2.71)

1.01(2.15)

> 50

35

0.97(2.26)

1.06(1.99)

2.86(2.82)

1.23(2.46)

BMI category:

25.0–29.9

73

1.04(2.25)

0.676

1.12(2.05)

0.472

1.97(2.83)

0.014

1.10(2.26)

0.710

30.0–34.9

58

1.26(2.29)

0.84(1.84)

2.86(2.80)

1.12(2.19)

35.0–39.9

32

1.20(2.35)

1.38(2.22)

2.63(2.89)

0.76(1.94)

Waist circumference

< 80.0 cm

10

1.90(2.47)

0.342

1.90(2.47)

0.200

2.90(3.18)

0.723

1.90(2.72)

0.214

>  80.0 cm

158

1.17(2.34)

1.04(2.02)

2.57(2.86)

1.01(2.14)

Control group(n:159)

Age group:

18–29

14

1.5(2.24)

0.886

0.8(2.00)

0.941

1.1(2.18)

0.016

1.6(2.44)

0.702

30–39

48

1.3(2.38)

1.0(2.27)

2.3(2.66)

1.5(2.47)

40–49

66

1.4(2.12)

0.8(1.85)

1.8(2.84

1.2(2.22)

> 50

31

1.0(1.91

1.0(1.88)

3.6(3.25)

3.6(3.25)

BMI category:

25.0–29.9

78

1.4(2.13)

0.476

0.9(1.86)

0.872

2.0(2.63)

0.399

1.2(2.00)

0.484

30.0–34.9

48

1.4(2.38)

1.0(2.06)

2.3(2.86)

1.8(2.88)

35.0–39.9

30

0.8(1.76)

0.8(2.32)

2.8(3.56)

1.6(2.55)

Waist circumference

< 80.0 cm

10

1.4(2.27)

0.885

0.5(1.08)

0.509

1.2(2.15)

0.236

0.8(1.68)

0.351

>  80.0 cm

148

1.3(2.16)

0.9(2.04)

2.3(2.93)

1.5(2.46)

  1. *Significant value at, p-value < 0.05