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Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study

OBJECTIVE: In most population-based studies of low back pain (LBP), women have a higher risk than men, possibly reflecting hormonal influences. The aim of this study was to explore associations between age at menarche and menopause and risk of chronic LBP. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional an...

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Autores principales: Heuch, Ingrid, Heuch, Ivar, Hagen, Knut, Storheim, Kjersti, Zwart, John-Anker
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35210341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055118
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author Heuch, Ingrid
Heuch, Ivar
Hagen, Knut
Storheim, Kjersti
Zwart, John-Anker
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Heuch, Ivar
Hagen, Knut
Storheim, Kjersti
Zwart, John-Anker
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description OBJECTIVE: In most population-based studies of low back pain (LBP), women have a higher risk than men, possibly reflecting hormonal influences. The aim of this study was to explore associations between age at menarche and menopause and risk of chronic LBP. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional and cohort study designs. SETTING: The HUNT2 and HUNT3 medical surveys of the entire population of Nord-Trøndelag County in Norway. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Prevalence or risk of chronic LBP, defined as LBP persisting at least 3 months continuously during last year. PARTICIPANTS: Associations between age at menarche and prevalence of chronic LBP were examined in cross-sectional data from HUNT2, comprising 27 697 women aged 20–69 years, with 7300 women reporting LBP. The corresponding cohort data included 11 659 women without LBP at baseline in HUNT2, with 2353 women reporting LBP at follow-up 11 years later in HUNT3. Cross-sectional data on age at menopause or premenopausal status included 11 332 women aged 40–69 years, with 3439 women reporting chronic LBP. Corresponding cohort data included 7893 women without LBP at baseline, of whom 1100 developed LBP. METHODS: Associations between age at menarche or menopause and risk of chronic LBP were examined by generalised linear modelling. RESULTS: A U-shaped association was indicated between age at menarche and risk of chronic LBP, both in the cross-sectional and cohort studies. Age at menarche ≤11 years was associated with an increased risk of chronic LBP, with a relative risk of 1.32 (95% CI 1.15 to 1.52), compared with age 14 years at menarche, after relevant adjustments. Corresponding cross-sectional crude absolute risks were 32% and 25%, respectively. No association was established between age at menopause and risk of LBP. Being premenopausal had no influence on risk. CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to results for age at menopause, the association with age at menarche suggests that hormonal factors affect the risk of LBP.
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spelling pubmed-88832632022-03-17 Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study Heuch, Ingrid Heuch, Ivar Hagen, Knut Storheim, Kjersti Zwart, John-Anker BMJ Open Epidemiology OBJECTIVE: In most population-based studies of low back pain (LBP), women have a higher risk than men, possibly reflecting hormonal influences. The aim of this study was to explore associations between age at menarche and menopause and risk of chronic LBP. DESIGN: Population-based cross-sectional and cohort study designs. SETTING: The HUNT2 and HUNT3 medical surveys of the entire population of Nord-Trøndelag County in Norway. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Prevalence or risk of chronic LBP, defined as LBP persisting at least 3 months continuously during last year. PARTICIPANTS: Associations between age at menarche and prevalence of chronic LBP were examined in cross-sectional data from HUNT2, comprising 27 697 women aged 20–69 years, with 7300 women reporting LBP. The corresponding cohort data included 11 659 women without LBP at baseline in HUNT2, with 2353 women reporting LBP at follow-up 11 years later in HUNT3. Cross-sectional data on age at menopause or premenopausal status included 11 332 women aged 40–69 years, with 3439 women reporting chronic LBP. Corresponding cohort data included 7893 women without LBP at baseline, of whom 1100 developed LBP. METHODS: Associations between age at menarche or menopause and risk of chronic LBP were examined by generalised linear modelling. RESULTS: A U-shaped association was indicated between age at menarche and risk of chronic LBP, both in the cross-sectional and cohort studies. Age at menarche ≤11 years was associated with an increased risk of chronic LBP, with a relative risk of 1.32 (95% CI 1.15 to 1.52), compared with age 14 years at menarche, after relevant adjustments. Corresponding cross-sectional crude absolute risks were 32% and 25%, respectively. No association was established between age at menopause and risk of LBP. Being premenopausal had no influence on risk. CONCLUSIONS: In contrast to results for age at menopause, the association with age at menarche suggests that hormonal factors affect the risk of LBP. BMJ Publishing Group 2022-02-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8883263/ /pubmed/35210341 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055118 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2022. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) .
spellingShingle Epidemiology
Heuch, Ingrid
Heuch, Ivar
Hagen, Knut
Storheim, Kjersti
Zwart, John-Anker
Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study
title Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study
title_full Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study
title_fullStr Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study
title_full_unstemmed Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study
title_short Does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? A population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the Trøndelag Health Study
title_sort does the risk of chronic low back pain depend on age at menarche or menopause? a population-based cross-sectional and cohort study: the trøndelag health study
topic Epidemiology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8883263/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35210341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055118
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