Body mass index is associated with lumbar disc degeneration in young Finnish males: subsample of Northern Finland birth cohort study 1986

BACKGROUND: The role of environmental factors in lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) in young adults is largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether body mass index (BMI), smoking, and physical activity are associated with lumbar DD among young adults. METHODS: The Oulu Back Study (O...

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Autores principales: Takatalo, Jani, Karppinen, Jaro, Taimela, Simo, Niinimäki, Jaakko, Laitinen, Jaana, Blanco Sequeiros, Roberto, Paananen, Markus, Remes, Jouko, Näyhä, Simo, Tammelin, Tuija, Korpelainen, Raija, Tervonen, Osmo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-87

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599904/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497297
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-14-87

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