Somatic symptoms beyond those generally associated with a whiplash injury are increased in self-reported chronic whiplash. A population-based cross sectional study: the Hordaland Health Study (HUSK)

Table 2 Mean difference of reported somatic symptoms compared between individuals reporting chronic whiplash and individuals not reporting chronic whiplash, and between individuals reporting a past fractured hand or wrist and no previous fractured hand or wrist

Chronic whiplash compared to no chronic whiplash			Fractured hand or wrist compared to no fractured hand or wrist
Variables	B	(CI)	Variables	B	(CI)
No adjustments	0.60	0.50-0.69	No adjustments	0.07	0.02-0.12
Gender	0.58	0.48-0.68	Gender	0.12	0.07-0.17
Education	0.59	0.49-0.69	Education	0.13	0.08-0.18
Benefit receipt	0.49	0.40-0.59	Benefit receipt	0.10	0.05-0.15
Anxiety^a	0.46	0.38-0.55	Anxiety^a	0.09	0.05-0.14
Depression^a	0.51	0.42-0.60	Depression^a	0.11	0.06-0.15
Somatic diagnosis	0.56	0.46-0.66	Somatic diagnosis	0.11	0.07-0.16
Physical activity	0.58	0.48-0.68	Physical activity	0.13	0.08-0.18
Consumption of alcohol	0.58	0.48-0.68	Consumption of alcohol	0.12	0.07-0.17
Daily smoking	0.58	0.48-0.67	Daily smoking	0.12	0.07-0.17
Marital status	0.57	0.47-0.67	Marital status	0.12	0.07-0.17
Fully adjusted	0.41	0.33-0.49	Fully adjusted	0.08	0.04-0.12

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