Association of Abdominal Obesity with Lumbar Disc Degeneration – A Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study

PURPOSE: To evaluate whether midsagittal (abdominal) obesity in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), waist circumference (WC) and body fat percentage are associated with lumbar disc degeneration in early adulthood. METHODS: We obtained the lumbar MRI (1.5-T scanner) of 325 females and 233 males at a me...

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Autores principales: Takatalo, Jani, Karppinen, Jaro, Taimela, Simo, Niinimäki, Jaakko, Laitinen, Jaana, Sequeiros, Roberto Blanco, Samartzis, Dino, Korpelainen, Raija, Näyhä, Simo, Remes, Jouko, Tervonen, Osmo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056244

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3571955/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418543
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056244

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