Association between weight-adjusted waist and incidence of low back pain: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2026 Apr 14. doi: 10.1007/s40520-026-03351-1. Online ahead of print.

Xueru Shen^#^{1

2}, Dexin Hu^#¹, Yixing Lu¹, Lixin Zhao³, Hua Yuan⁴, Xiaolong Sun⁵

¹ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University of PLA, Xi'an, China.
² Xi'an Physical Education Universite, Xi'an, China.
³ Tianjin College, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Tianjin, China.
⁴ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University of PLA, Xi'an, China. yuanhua@fmmu.edu.cn.
⁵ Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Medical University of PLA, Xi'an, China. xlsun@fmmu.edu.cn.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: Abdominal obesity; CHARLS; Low back pain; Weight-adjusted waist index.

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