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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics, medical comorbidities, and prior treatment for current symptoms

From: Characteristics and status of Korean medicine use in whiplash-associated disorder patients

 

N

% (including individuals with missing data)

Age (years), mean ± SD

8291

36.0 ± 10.9

  < 20

200

2.4

 20 ≤ < 30

1953

23.6

 30 ≤ < 40

3730

45.0

 40 ≤ < 50

1432

17.3

 50 ≤ < 60

649

7.8

  ≥ 60

327

3.9

Sex

  

 Male

4617

55.7

 Female

3674

44.3

First visit from onset (days), mean ± SD

7878

16.1 ± 94.1

 0 ≤ ≤1

2588

31.2

 2 ≤ ≤7

3050

36.8

 8 ≤ ≤14

941

11.3

  > 14

1299

15.7

 Missing data

413

5.0

Occupation

  

 Professionals

1844

22.2

 Office workers

1751

21.1

 Sales or service workers

1428

17.2

 Administrative managers

820

9.9

 Technicians and engineering-related workers

102

1.2

 Equipment, machine operating and assembling workers

60

0.7

 Manual laborers

47

0.6

 Armed forces

27

0.3

 Skilled agriculture, forestry and fishery workers

8

0.1

 Inoccupation (including housewives and students)

2106

25.4

 Missing data

98

1.2

Smokinga

  

 Current smoker

2618

31.6

 Former smoker

214

2.6

 Non-smoker

5248

63.3

 Missing data

211

2.5

Drinkingb

  

 Yes

3820

46.1

 No

4457

53.8

 Missing data

14

0.2

Hospital entrance method

  

 Self-walking

7979

96.2

 Assisted walking

45

0.5

 Stretcher-car

3

0.0

 Missing data

264

3.2

Comorbidityc

  

 Hypertension

335

4.0

 Liver disease

249

3.0

 Diabetes

138

1.7

 Other musculoskeletal disease

103

1.2

 Cardiovascular disease

88

1.1

 Gastrointestinal disease

39

0.5

 Pulmonary disease

30

0.4

 Depression

4

0.0

 Other

719

8.7

Prior treatment for present illnessd

  

 Analgesics intake for neck pain, mean ± SD

552

7.4 ± 6.5

 Steroids intake for neck pain, mean ± SD

50

2.2 ± 1.8

 Intervention for neck pain, mean ± SD

11

1.3 ± 0.6

 Analgesics intake for LBP, mean ± SD

428

7.9 ± 6.8

 Steroids intake for LBP, mean ± SD

71

2.1 ± 2.1

 Intervention for LBP, mean ± SD

49

1.3 ± 1.2

  1. LBP low back pain
  2. aCurrent smoker: individuals who currently smoke and have smoked one or more packs of cigarettes within the past year
  3. Former smoker: individuals who previously smoked one or more packs of cigarettes in their lifetime and have smoked less than a pack of cigarettes within the past year
  4. Non-smoker: individuals who have smoked less than a pack of cigarettes in their lifetime
  5. bDrinking, yes: individuals who have drunk one bottle of soju or beer or more within the past month
  6. cPreviously diagnosed comorbidities as self-reported by patient
  7. dTreatments prescribed for current pain episode before presenting at current hospital
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