ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Weight-Related and Personal Risk Factors of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966.
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- Reliability, Validity and Temporal Stability of the Serbian Version of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
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- Electrodiagnostic Testing and Nerve Ultrasound of the Carpal Tunnel in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Occupational and non-occupational risk factors correlating with the severity of clinical manifestations of carpal tunnel syndrome and related work disability among workers who work with a computer.Arhiv za higijenu rada i toksikologiju · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundExcess body mass is a risk factor for carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), but the mechanisms of this are unclear. This study aimed to evaluate the association between CTS and personal risk factors of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR).
methodsThe study sample consisted of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (
resultsAfter an adjustment for confounding factors, BMI was associated with CTS among women (hazard ratio (HR) 1.47, 95% Cl 0.98-2.20 for overweight women and HR 2.22, 95% Cl 1.29-3.83 for obese women) and among both sexes combined (HR 1.35 95% Cl 0.96-1.90 for overweight and HR 1.98 95% Cl 1.22-3.22 for obese participants). Neither waist circumference nor WHR was associated with CTS.
conclusionsBMI is an independent risk factor for CTS and is more relevant for estimating the increased risk of CTS due to excess body mass than waist circumference or WHR.
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