Body mass index is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in young Finnish males: Subsample of Northern Finland birth cohort study 1986

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Takatalo, Jani ^a,b   Karppinen, Jaro ^a,b,c   Taimela, Simo ^d   Niinimäki, Jaakko ^a   Laitinen, Jaana ^c   Blanco Sequeiros, Roberto ^a   Paananen, Markus ^a   Remes, Jouko ^c   Näyhä, Simo ^a,c   Tammelin, Tuija ^e   Korpelainen, Raija ^a,b,f   Tervonen, Osmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^f OULU DEACONESS INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Disc degeneration; Physical activity; Smoking; Waist circumference; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING;

BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874717136     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-87     Document Type: Article

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