Do abnormal serum lipid levels increase the risk of chronic low back pain? The Nord-Trondelag Health Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cross-sectional studies suggest associations between abnormal lipid levels and prevalence of low back pain (LBP), but it is not known if there is any causal relationship.

Objective

The objective was to determine, in a population-based prospective cohort study, whether there is any relation between levels of total cholesterol, high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and triglycerides and the probability of experiencing subsequent chronic (LBP), both among individuals with and without LBP at baseline.

Methods

Information was collected in the community-based HUNT 2 (1995-1997) and HUNT 3 (2006-2008) surveys of an entire Norwegian county. Participants were 10,151 women and 8731 men aged 30-69 years, not affected by chronic LBP at baseline, and 3902 women and

SUBMITTER: Heuch I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4169450 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature