Odds ratios for pain at least weekly in 14-18 year old
Finns
Adolescent health and lifestyle
survey
School health promotion
survey*
School health promotion
survey*
1991
1999
2001
1996
1998
2000
1997
1999
2001
Neck-shoulder
pain:
Girls
1
1.63
(1.48 to 1.80)
1.72 (1.56 to
1.91)
1
1.31 (1.25 to
1.38)
1.50 (1.43 to
1.58)
1
1.23 (1.17 to
1.29)
1.36 (1.29 to 1.43)
Boys
1
1.42 (1.22 to 1.66)
1.70 (1.46 to
1.99)
1
1.23 (1.15 to
1.31)
1.63 (1.53 to
1.74)
1
1.29 (1.21 to
1.37)
1.42 (1.33 to 1.51)
Lower back
pain:
Girls
1
1.26
(1.09 to 1.46)
1.50 (1.30 to
1.75)
1
1.14 (1.06 to
1.24)
1.47 (1.37 to
1.59)
1
1.19 (1.11 to
1.29)
1.44 (1.34 to 1.55)
Boys
1
1.08 (0.91 to 1.28)
1.23 (1.03 to
1.47)
1
1.24 (1.14 to
1.34)
1.50 (1.38 to
1.62)
1
1.27 (1.18 to
1.36)
1.36 (1.26 to 1.47)
*
Carried out in Helsinki, southwestern Finland, eastern Finland,
central Finland, and Lapland in 1996, 1998, and 2000 and western
Finland in 1997, 1999, and 2001.
