The Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Pain Intensity Among Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorders: Findings from the MSD Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and pain intensity among veterans with musculoskeletal disorder diagnoses (MSDs; nontraumatic joint disorder; osteoarthritis; low back, back, and neck pain).

Setting

Administrative and electronic health record data from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Subjects

A national cohort of US military veterans with MSDs in VHA care during 2001-2012 (N = 1,759,338).

Methods

These cross-sectional data were analyzed using hurdle negative binomial models of pain intensity as a function of BMI, adjusted for comorbidities and demographics.

Results

The sample had a mean age of 59.4, 95% were male, 77% were white/Non-Hispanic, 79% were overweight or obese, and 42% reported no pain at index MSD

SUBMITTER: Higgins DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7778330 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature