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No strong temporal relationship between obesity and multisite pain--results from a population-based 20-year follow-up study

Magnusson, K LU ; Østerås, N ; Mowinckel, P ; Natvig, B and Hagen, K B (2014) In European Journal of Pain 18(1). p.7-120
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Multisite pain and obesity are cross-sectionally related and are common conditions that may influence each other through socio-demographic, lifestyle and/or health-related factors. The aim of the present study was to examine the cross-sectional and prospective associations between overweight/obesity and multisite pain in a general population.

METHODS: In a 20-year population-based prospective cohort study, persons aged 20-62 years in 1990 participated in postal surveys in 1990, 1994, 2004 and 2010 (n = 855). Multisite pain was defined as reporting ≥ 2 number of pain sites (NPS) on the Standardized Nordic Questionnaire. Overweight was defined as body mass index (BMI) 25-30 kg/m(2) and obesity as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2). To... (More)

BACKGROUND: Multisite pain and obesity are cross-sectionally related and are common conditions that may influence each other through socio-demographic, lifestyle and/or health-related factors. The aim of the present study was to examine the cross-sectional and prospective associations between overweight/obesity and multisite pain in a general population.

METHODS: In a 20-year population-based prospective cohort study, persons aged 20-62 years in 1990 participated in postal surveys in 1990, 1994, 2004 and 2010 (n = 855). Multisite pain was defined as reporting ≥ 2 number of pain sites (NPS) on the Standardized Nordic Questionnaire. Overweight was defined as body mass index (BMI) 25-30 kg/m(2) and obesity as BMI ≥ 30 kg/m(2). To exploit all measurement times, generalized estimating equation analyses adjusting for age, sex, educational and occupational status, smoking, sleep quality, mental distress and physical activity were employed.

RESULTS: The mean age was 41 years at baseline and 57% were women. Overweight/obesity and NPS were significantly associated cross-sectionally. Being overweight/obese was associated with reporting future NPS ≥ 2 [overweight: odds ratio (OR), 1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.12-1.75, obese: OR, 1.54, 95% CI, 1.04-2.28]. Having NPS ≥ 2 was not associated with becoming overweight, but increased the OR for future obesity (OR 1.27, 95% CI, 1.02, 1.59). Smoking was a confounder in this relationship.

CONCLUSIONS: Being overweight or obese was associated with future multisite pain, although the magnitude of the association was small and the dose-response relationship observed in cross-sectional analyses disappeared in prospective analyses. There was less evidence that having multisite pain was a predictor of future overweight/obesity.

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Adult, Body Mass Index, Cohort Studies, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Life Style, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Motor Activity, Musculoskeletal Pain/complications, Norway/epidemiology, Obesity/complications, Overweight/complications, Pain Measurement, Population, Prospective Studies, Socioeconomic Factors, Surveys and Questionnaires
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European Journal of Pain
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18
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1
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8 pages
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Elsevier
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  • scopus:84893279102
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1090-3801
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10.1002/j.1532-2149.2013.00338.x
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English
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  keywords     = {{Adult; Body Mass Index; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Life Style; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Motor Activity; Musculoskeletal Pain/complications; Norway/epidemiology; Obesity/complications; Overweight/complications; Pain Measurement; Population; Prospective Studies; Socioeconomic Factors; Surveys and Questionnaires}},
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