Table 2 Results from the univariate analyses of the comfort data
Overall comfort (ordinal logit model) | Comfort during the assessment (mixed-effects ordinal logit model) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable [Reference Category] | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value | Odds ratio (95% CI) | p-value |
Age | 1.06 (0.96, 1.18) | 0.235 | 1.00 (0.90, 1.12) | 0.975 |
Assessment time (minutes) | 1.00 (0.99, 1.00) | 0.772 | 1.00 (0.92, 1.09) | 0.939 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 0.96 (0.87, 1.05) | 0.377 | 1.04 (0.94, 1.16) | 0.417 |
Gender [Female] - Male | ||||
1.44 (0.63, 3.32) | 0.386 | 0.98 (0.41, 2.36) | 0.970 | |
Low back pain frequency | 0.85 (0.70, 1.02) | 0.103 | 0.77 (0.64, 0.94) | 0.009* |
Load (Newtons) | 0.90 (0.89, 0.91) | <0.001* | ||
Smoking Status [Never smoked] | ||||
- Current smoker | 0.15 (0.02, 1.48) | 0.087 | 0.11 (0.01, 1.63) | 0.108 |
- Past smoker | 0.86 (0.32, 2.31) | 0.762 | 0.83 (0.27, 2.56) | 0.740 |