Table 3 Associations between baseline workplace sitting in 2012 and complaints of neck and shoulder pain in the last 12 months in 2017 (yes/no) stratified by sex to baseline among 2,082 employees aged 31–60 years in Germany. Poisson regressions. Prevalence Ration (PR).

Model 3

Under 5 h/week

1

(Ref)

1

(Ref)

1

(Ref)

1

(Ref)

5 to < 15 h/week

0.84

0.67–1.06

1.12

0.98–1.27

0.99

0.83–1.19

1.05

0.90–1.21

15 to < 25 h/week

1.12

0.89–1.42

1.10

0.96–1.26

0.99

0.79–1.23

1.05

0.89–1.22

25 to < 35 h/week

1.26

1.00-1.60

1.06

0.91–1.24

1.00

0.80–1.26

1.01

0.84–1.22

35 or more hours/week

1.02

0.79–1.30

0.97

0.81–1.16

0.93

0.74–1.17

1.01

0.83–1.23