The impact of dyslipidemia on lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration and vertebral endplate modic changes: a cross-sectional study of 1035 citizens in China

• Main Authors: Liang Yuan (Author), Zhengqi Huang (Author), Weitao Han (Author), Ruiming Chang (Author), Bo Sun (Author), Mingxi Zhu (Author), Chenjing Li (Author), Jiansen Yan (Author), Bin Liu (Author), Haidong Yin (Author), Wei Ye (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) and vertebral endplate Modic changes (MCs) are common lumbar degenerative phenotypes related to low back pain (LBP). Dyslipidemia has been linked to LBP but its associations with IDD and MCs have not been fully elucidated. The present study...