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Individuals who answered "yes" were defined as having chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Subjects who answered "yes" were defined as having knee pain.
Women who responded "yes" were defined as ever drinkers.
Those who responded "yes" were defined as Irish and became the focus of the study, while those who responded "no" were excluded from the analysis.
All participants were asked: "Have you during the last year continuously for at least 3 months had pain and/or stiffness in muscles and joints?" Individuals who answered "yes" were defined as having chronic MSCs and these were asked to mark the localization of this pain (neck, shoulders, elbows, wrist/hands, chest/abdomen, upper back, low back, hips, knees, and/or ankles/feet).
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Smoking (yes) was defined as current smoking and smoking (no) was defined as never or past smoking.
Drinking (yes) was defined as daily or almost daily drinking of alcoholic beverages and drinking (no) was defined as no or casual drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Having maternity insurance (yes) was defined as if the woman's employer paid for her insurance or she purchased insurance for herself.
In addition, a positive disease history (yes) was defined as having had any of the following illnesses: liver disease, kidney disease, heart disease, hypertension, diabetes, tuberculosis, hyperthyroid, hypothyroid or any other diseases that may affect the mother's and the children's vital status during the pregnancy.
The total positive agreement (i.e. both GP and patient say yes) was defined as the dependent variable of the logistic regression models.
Subjects suffering from gastrointestinal (GI) complaints (yes vs. no) were defined as subjects with some or much reflux symptoms and/ or diarrhea and /or constipation and / or nausea.
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