Body Mass Index and Its Influence on Chronic Low Back Pain in the Spanish Population: A Secondary Analysis from the European Health Survey (2020).
María Orosia Lucha-LópezCésar Hidalgo GarcíaSofía Monti-BallanoSergio Márquez-GonzalvoLoreto Ferrández-LalienaJulián Müller-Thyssen-UriarteAna Carmen Lucha-LópezPublished in: Biomedicines (2023)
Obesity is related with the presence of chronic low back pain in the general Spanish population. This association persists, being the more relevant factor, after adjusting the association of BMI and chronic low back pain with other factors such as sex, age, physical occupational demands, and recreational physical activity.