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Is Chronic Low Back Pain Associated with the Prevalence of Coronary Heart Disease when Genetic Susceptibility Is Considered? A Co-Twin Control Study of Spanish Twins.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Fernandez Matt, Ordoñana Juan R, Hartvigsen Jan, Ferreira Manuela L, Refshauge Kathryn M, Sánchez-Romera Juan F, Pinheiro Marina B, Simpson Stephen J, Hopper John L, Ferreira Paulo H
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the chronic low back pain and coronary heart disease relationship, after adjusting for relevant confounders, including genetics. METHODS: In a cross-sectional design, 2148 twins were recruited from the Murcia Twin Registry, Spain. The exposure was chronic LBP and the outcomes were myocardial infarction and other coronary heart diseases-lifetime and in the last 2 years-based on...
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