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Association between temperature and back pain among lumbar disc herniation patients

Chen, C.; Wang, D.; Liu, F.; Qin, H.; Li, X.; Bu, F.; Li, W.; Shi, B.; Cao, S.; An, J.; Meng, X.; Ma, Z.; Dong, L.; Zhang, Q.; Wang, T.

2020-01-18 epidemiology
10.1101/2020.01.15.20017558 medRxiv
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PurposeThis paper was designed to critically provide empirical evidence for the relationship between temperature and intensity of back pain among people with lumbar disc herniation (LDH). MethodsDistributed lag linear and non-linear models (DLNM) was used to evaluate the relationship between lag-response and exposure to ambient temperature. Stratification was based on age and gender. ResultsWhen daily average temperature was on the rage of 15-23{square}, the risk of hospitalization was at the lowest level for men group. About below 10{square}, risk for male hospitalization could keep increase when lag day were during lag0-lag5 and lag20-lag28. 40<age[&le;]50 group was little affected when they exposed to ambient temperature.

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