eprintid: 10061481 rev_number: 24 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/14/81 datestamp: 2018-11-15 15:32:53 lastmod: 2021-12-10 01:04:45 status_changed: 2018-11-15 15:32:53 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Muthuri, SG creators_name: Pavlova, AV creators_name: Saunders, FR creators_name: Hardy, RJ creators_name: Gregory, JS creators_name: Barr, RJ creators_name: Martin, KR creators_name: Adams, JE creators_name: Kuh, D creators_name: Aspden, RM creators_name: Cooper, R title: Associations between back pain across adulthood and spine shape in early old age in a British birth cohort ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J81 divisions: B02 divisions: D14 note: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. abstract: We aimed to examine whether back pain across adulthood was associated with spine shape at age 60-64 years. Data were from 1405 participants in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, a nationally representative British birth cohort. Back pain was ascertained during nurse interviews at ages 36, 43, 53 and 60-64 years. Cumulative exposure to back pain was then derived by counting the number of ages at which back pain was reported. Statistical shape modelling was used to characterise thoracolumbar spine shape using lateral dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry images which were ascertained at age 60-64 years. Linear regression models were used to test associations of spine shape modes (SM) with: (1) cumulative exposure to back pain; (2) back pain reports during different periods of adulthood. After adjusting for sex, higher cumulative exposure to back pain across adulthood was associated with wedge-shaped L4-5 disc (lower SM4 scores) and smaller disc spaces (higher SM8 scores) in both sexes. In addition, reporting of back pain at ages 53 and/or 60-64 years was associated with smaller L4-5 disc space (lower SM6 scores) in men but not women. These findings suggest that back pain across adulthood may be associated with specific variations in spine shapes in early old age. date: 2018-11-05 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34628-9 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub pmcid: PMC6218503 language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1601004 doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-34628-9 pii: 10.1038/s41598-018-34628-9 lyricists_name: Cooper, Rachel lyricists_name: Hardy, Rebecca lyricists_name: Kuh, Diana lyricists_name: Muthuri, Stella lyricists_id: RCOOP16 lyricists_id: RHARD63 lyricists_id: DKUHX97 lyricists_id: SGMUT15 actors_name: Cuccu, Clara actors_id: CCCUC40 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Scientific Reports volume: 8 article_number: 16309 event_location: England issn: 2045-2322 citation: Muthuri, SG; Pavlova, AV; Saunders, FR; Hardy, RJ; Gregory, JS; Barr, RJ; Martin, KR; ... Cooper, R; + view all <#> Muthuri, SG; Pavlova, AV; Saunders, FR; Hardy, RJ; Gregory, JS; Barr, RJ; Martin, KR; Adams, JE; Kuh, D; Aspden, RM; Cooper, R; - view fewer <#> (2018) Associations between back pain across adulthood and spine shape in early old age in a British birth cohort. Scientific Reports , 8 , Article 16309. 10.1038/s41598-018-34628-9 <https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-34628-9>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10061481/1/Muthuri_s41598-018-34628-9.pdf