Abdominal Fat is a Reliable Indicator of Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Degeneration than Body Mass Index

• Published in: World neurosurgery Vol. 182; pp. e171 - e177
• Main Authors: Wang, Minglang, Yuan, Hao, Lei, Fei, zhang, Shilin, Jiang, Lin, Yan, Jiyuan, Feng, Daxiong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.02.2024
• Subjects: Abdominal fat; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Low back pain; Obesity; Obesity; Abdominal fat; AD; OR; MRI; Low back pain; CI; Intervertebral disc degeneration; AUC; IVDD; SAD; SAFT; LBP; BMI

The objective of this study was to determine whether abdominal fat status correlates with low back pain (LBP) and lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) and to identify a new anthropometric index to predict the likelihood of developing LBP. Patients with chronic low back pain admitted to the...