ArticleJournal of clinical epidemiology2022
Specific body mass index trajectories were related to musculoskeletal pain and mortality: 19-year follow-up cohort.
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- BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip trajectories and all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality by sex in people without diabetes.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Article
- Association of the triglyceride-glucose index with cardiovascular mortality risk and competing risks in arthritis patients.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Gaps in the usage and reporting of multiple imputation for incomplete data: findings from a scoping review of observational studies addressing causal questions.BMC medical research methodology · 2024Article
- Pain and diet: A summary of the evidence for the role of diet modification in chronic pain.British journal of pain · 2024Article
- Effects of weight loss through dietary intervention on pain characteristics, functional mobility, and inflammation in adults with elevated adiposity.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Shoulder Pain and Disability Scores and the Factors Influencing Them among Orthopedic Surgeons Working in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Article
- Body Mass Index, Quality of Life and Activity Limitation Trajectories over 2 Years in Patients with Knee or Hip Osteoarthritis: A Dual Trajectory Approach Based on 4265 Patients Included in the AktivA Quality Register.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Prevalence, incidence, and re-occurrence risk of musculoskeletal pain in older adults in the United Kingdom: a population-based study.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe aimed to study 19-year body mass index (BMI) patterns and their (1) bidirectional relationship with musculoskeletal pain and (2) mortality risk. STUDY DESIGN AND
settingWe used data from the Chingford study and group-based trajectory modelling to define 19-year BMI patterns. We investigated whether baseline back, hand, hip, and knee pain (as single- and multi-site) predicted 19-year BMI trajectory, and whether 19-year BMI patterns predicted pain in year 20. We explored BMI trajectories and mortality risk over 25 years (life expectancy).
resultsWe included 938 women (mean age: year-1=54, year-20=72) and found seven distinct 19-year BMI trajectories: two normal-weighted (reference), slightly overweight, lower and upper overweight-to-obese, lower and upper obese. BMI patterns capturing the increase overweight-to-obese (BMI 27-34 overtime) were bidirectionally related to knee and multi-site pain. The lower obese pattern (BMI 33-38) was unidirectionally associated with lower limb pain. Women with BMI above 40 had an increased all-cause and cardiovascular mortality risk.
conclusionFor most postmenopausal women, the overweight WHO category was a transition. Two patterns capturing increase overweight-to-obese were mutually related to musculoskeletal pain, i.e., knee and multi-site pain contributed to becoming obese, and trajectories of becoming obese increased the odds of experiencing pain later.
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