Association Between Higher Body Mass Index and the Risk of Lumbar Spinal Stenosis in Korean Populations: A Nationwide Cohort Study
Ji-Hyun Ryu, Kyungdo Han, Ju-Yeong Kim, Sebastian Głowiński · 2024
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Description
Extra weight loads the spine, but whether it causes the canal narrowing called lumbar spinal stenosis has stayed controversial. Ji-Hyun Ryu and co-authors settle it with scale in a 2024 Korean cohort study. They followed more than 2.16 million adults over forty, drawn from the national insurance database, for ten years.
Stenosis incidence climbed steadily with body mass index, from about thirty-three cases per thousand person-years in the underweight to over fifty-one in the highest obesity class. Adjusted risks rose in step: underweight sat below the normal group, overweight and obesity above it. The dose pattern survives adjustment for lifestyle and other illnesses. The authors present body weight as a modifiable contributor to a common cause of leg pain and surgery in later life.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ji-Hyun Ryu, Kyungdo Han, Ju-Yeong Kim, Sebastian Głowiński |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 43 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |