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Table 2 Predictors of the presence of disordered eating among youth with chronic musculoskeletal pain

From: Disordered eating among adolescents with chronic pain: the experience of a pediatric rheumatology subspecialty pain clinic

Factor

Bivariate Analysis

Multivariate Analysis

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Abdominal pain

5.04

2.50–10.14

3.33

1.55–7.15

Age

1.21

1.04–1.40

1.29

1.06–1.56

Anxiety

2.54

1.32–4.88

2.20

1.03–4.73

Functional disability (FDI)

1.05

1.02–1.08

1.05

1.01–1.08

GI comorbidities

7.47

2.76–20.21

7.44

2.29–24.23

  1. FDI Functional disability inventory, measure of disability (0–60) with higher scores indicating greater pain-related functional disability [24,25,26,27]; GI comorbidities defined as presence of at least one of the following (patient reported or clinician diagnosed): inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastrointestinal reflux, or constipation
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