Associations of body mass index and body height with low back pain in 829,791 adolescents

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 603-609

  Hershkovich, Oded ^a,b   Friedlander, Alon ^a   Gordon, Barak ^b,c   Arzi, Harel ^a   Derazne, Estela ^b,c   Tzur, Dorit ^b   Shamis, Ari ^a,c   Afek, Arnon ^a,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b Medical Corps   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

adolescents; body mass index; height; low back pain; obesity; weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BODY SHAPE; DISABILITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PATHOGENICITY; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; HEIGHT; LOW BACK PAIN; OBESITY; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84881604715     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt019     Document Type: Article

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