ArticleCureus2022
Association Between Low Back Pain and Body Mass Index in Pakistani Population: Analysis of the Software Bank Data.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Association between pain intensity and body composition in adults with chronic non-specific low back pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Association between weight-adjusted waist and incidence of low back pain: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Review
- Burden and Trends of Low Back Pain in Pakistan: A Global Burden of Disease Study, 1990-2021.Cureus · 2025Article
- Effect of vibration on pain during subcutaneous heparin injection: A randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled trial.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2025Article
- The association of health anxiety with low back pain and physical inactivity in Chinese university students: a structural equation modeling study.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundObesity is a growing public health concern and is one of the leading causes of human suffering and disability worldwide. The number of overweight and obese people is dramatically increasing, and local data showed that low back pain (LBP) is more common in people with obesity, prolonged sitting jobs, psychological disorders, and lack of exercise.
methodsThis study was conducted in a cohort of 300 adult patients of either gender who visited a pain management clinic with LBP. Patient data were retrieved from the hospital software program and recorded in a pre-designed proforma. The data included the patient's age, gender, weight, height, BMI, comorbidities, site of pain, duration of pain, distribution of pain, severity of pain, history of spinal trauma, previous spinal surgery, and working diagnosis.
resultsOut of 300 patients with LBP, 185 (61.7 %) were female and 115 (38.3%) were male, of these, 224 (74.6%) were overweight or obese. One hundred and three (34.3%) had axial back pain and 197 (65.7%) patients had lumbar radicular pain. Linear regression analysis showed that 17% variability in pain scores in both genders can be explained by the increase in BMI. There is a statistically significant relationship, i.e. P=0.0005, exists between pain score and BMI.
conclusionThis study showed the strong association between obesity and LBP in the Pakistani population. Approximately, 75% were overweight or obese in our LBP population-based cohort and this association was stronger among women than men.
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