Association of chronic pain with incidence and progression of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in middle-aged and older populations: a multicohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Chronic pain is associated with single cardiometabolic diseases (CMDs). Less is known about the association of chronic pain with the co-occurrence of multiple CMDs, known as cardiometabolic multimorbidity (CMM).

Objectives

This study aims to examine the association between chronic pain and incidence of CMM and if it existed, to what extent chronic pain relates to the progression of specific CMD-related multimorbidity (MM).

Methods

We pooled individual-level data of 59,134 participants from 4 cohort studies across 18 countries between 2010 and 2020. Participants aged 45 years or older, free of CMDs (diabetes, heart diseases, and stroke), and with self-reported chronic pain status at baseline were included. Multinomial logistic regression was performed on t

SUBMITTER: You Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11630955 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature