Estimating the impact of metabolic syndrome on low back pain and the joint effects of metabolic syndrome and depressive symptoms on low back pain: insights from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although metabolic syndrome (MetS) and depressive symptoms (DS) are predictors of low back pain (LBP), their combined effects and relative contributions to LBP have not been well studied. Using the nationally representative data from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), this study conducted cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses to investigate the impact of MetS on LBP, and the joint effects of MetS and DS on LBP.

Methods

This study included a cross-sectional analysis of 8957 participants aged at least 45 years from the CHARLS 2011 dataset and a longitudinal follow-up of 3468 participants without LBP from the CHARLS 2011, tracked over 9.25 years (from June 2011 to September 2020) with 4 times LBP assessment in CHARLS 2013, 2015, 2018, an

SUBMITTER: Huang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11363518 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature