Do abnormal serum lipid levels increase the risk of chronic low back pain? the nord-trøndelag health study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Heuch, Ingrid ^a   Heuch, Ivar ^b   Hagen, Knut ^c   Zwart, John Anker ^a,d  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84907205627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108227     Document Type: Article

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