ArticleThe British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners2003
Pain and subsequent mortality and cancer among women in the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception Study.
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- Excess Mortality in Aspirin and Dipyrone (Metamizole) Co-Medicated in Patients With Cardiovascular Disease: A Nationwide Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2021Observational
- Pain and mortality among older adults in Korea.Epidemiology and health · 2021Article
- Chronic pain: a review of its epidemiology and associated factors in population-based studies.British journal of anaesthesia · 2019Review
- Musculoskeletal Complaints (Pain and/or Stiffness) and Their Impact on Mortality in the General Population. The Tromsø Study.PloS one · 2016Article
- We can't feel their pain, but we can understand their fears.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2011Article
- Chronic widespread pain predicts physical inactivity: results from the prospective EPIFUND study.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2010Article
- Mortality and cancer in patients with new musculoskeletal episodes: a cohort study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2010Article
- Commentary: This pain is killing me.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2010Article
- Musculoskeletal pain is associated with a long-term increased risk of cancer and cardiovascular-related mortality.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2009Article
- Chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia: Should reports of increased mortality influence management?Current rheumatology reports · 2005Review
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Abstract
Recent research suggested associations between pain and subsequent all-cause and cancer-specific mortality. This study examined death and cancer development within six years of reporting pain, among women in the Royal College of General Practitioners Oral Contraception Study. We found no associations between 'any' or 'chronic' pain and subsequent all-cause mortality or cancer. We found a higher risk of death from respiratory disease among women reporting pain (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] = 2.5), a higher mortality among women reporting chronic chest pain (AOR = 1.75), and a higher risk of subsequent cancer among women reporting head or abdomen pain. Given the high prevalence of pain symptoms, these findings may be important, and warrant further research.
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