Relationship Between Low Back Pain and Overweight/Obesity: Two Public Health Problems
Abstract
Low back pain and overweight/obesity have become a topic of interest in public health, given the increased incidence and prevalence of these pathologies in the world population. Research in this regard has been carried out, especially in the Anglo-Saxon population. This article presents a cross-sectional analytical study, which included 100 patients chosen by convenience sampling, with a diagnosis of low back pain and attending the institutional Orthopedics-Column outpatient clinic of the Hospital Militar Central during April-June 2015. Sociodemographic variables related to pain severity, overweight/obesity, and muscular imbalance were analyzed, as they were considered factors associated with the occurrence and severity of low back pain. Of the patients analyzed, 52 % were women and 48 % men. It was found that women with high fat percentage have a higher risk of severe low back pain, while men with low fat percentage have a lower risk of having this condition. Body mass index (BMI) for this study could not predict the intensity of low back pain; however, it was observed that being a man older than 50 is a risk factor for severe low back pain.
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