Table 1 Description of the 731 chiropractic patients who took part in a practice-based outcome study on low back pain
Variables | Number of respondents | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 727 | ||
men | 374 | 51 | |
women | 353 | 49 | |
Age | 621 | ||
11-20 yrs | 11 | 2 | |
21-30 yrs | 83 | 13 | |
31-40 yrs | 156 | 25 | |
41-50 yrs | 133 | 21 | |
51-60 yrs | 113 | 18 | |
61-70 yrs | 90 | 14 | |
71-80 yrs | 30 | 5 | |
81-90 yrs | 5 | 1 | |
Fee subsidization | 713 | ||
total | 58 | 8 | |
partial | 164 | 23 | |
none | 491 | 69 | |
Main work | 704 | ||
physically hard | 69 | 10 | |
mixed hard/less hard | 213 | 30 | |
walking/standing | 166 | 24 | |
mainly sitting | 256 | 36 | |
Smoking | 706 | ||
never smoked | 403 | 57 | |
ex-smoker | 198 | 28 | |
sometime smoker | 26 | 4 | |
smoke up to 20/day | 72 | 10 | |
smoke > 20/day | 7 | 1 | |
Smokeless tobacco | 711 | ||
yes | 106 | 15 | |
no | 605 | 85 |