Pain catastrophising, body mass index and depressive symptoms are associated with pain severity in tertiary referral orthopaedic foot/ankle patients

Table 1 Participant characteristics (n = 172)

Characteristic	Median (Q1, Q3)^a
Age, yrs	60.9 (53.4, 71.7)
Sex, n female (%)	110 (64.0)
Weight, kg	79.0 (68.0, 93.0)
Height, m	168.0 (160.0, 176.0)
BMI, kg/m²	27.6 (24.4, 31.7)
Socio-economic disadvantage (IRSD)	7.0 (6.0, 7.0)
Health-related quality of life (EQ-VAS)	70.0 (50.0, 80.0)
Analgesia, n (%)
Paracetamol	85 (50.3)
Oral NSAIDs	62 (36.9)
Codeine / other opioids	40 (23.7)
Any analgesia, n (%)	126 (74.1)
Smoking status, n (%)
Current smoker	10 (5.8)
Ex-smoker	56 (32.6)
Non-smoker	104 (60.5)
Presence of one of more comorbidity (SACQ), n (%)	133 (78.2)

^aUnless otherwise indicated
Data missing from participants (n); height (4), weight (4), IRSD (1), EQ-VAS (3), paracetamol (3), NSAIDs (4), opioids (3), any analgesia (2), smoking status (2)
Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, EQ-VAS EuroQoL visual analogue scale, IRSD index of relative socio-economic disadvantage, NSAIDs non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, SACQ self-administered comorbidity questionnaire, Q1 = lower quartile, Q3 = upper quartile

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