Overweight and obesity as risk factors for chronic low back pain: a new follow-up in the HUNT Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Numerous studies have examined associations between overweight and obesity and risk of low back pain (LBP), but the exact magnitude of these associations is not yet clear. The purpose of this work was to assess such sex-specific associations in a community-based setting in Norway, taking into account potential relationships with other risk factors.

Methods

A cohort study was conducted combining data from two waves of the Trøndelag Health Study, HUNT3 (2006-2008) and HUNT4 (2017-2019). Separate analyses were performed of risk of chronic LBP in HUNT4 among 14,775 individuals without chronic LBP in HUNT3, and of recurrence or persistence in HUNT4 among 5034 individuals with chronic LBP in HUNT3. Relative risks were estimated in generalised linear models for overweigh

SUBMITTER: Heuch I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11437722 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature