Fig 1.
Flowchart of participant’s recruitment and follow-up participation.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the participants presented as mean (standard deviation), unless otherwise stated.
Fig 2.
Mean total MET minutes per week at each time-point.
p value > 0.05 for all comparisons.
Table 2.
Difference in physical activity level (total MET minutes per week) before the onset of low back pain within group among multiple time-points.
Table 3.
Association between physical activity level (total MET minutes per week) before index episode and the presence of low back pain 3 months and 12 months after the index episode.
Table 4.
Association between physical activity level (total MET minutes per week) before index episode and the presence of low back pain 3 months and 12 months after the index episode (unadjusted analysis).