Background The role of environmental factors in lumbar intervertebral disc degeneration (DD) in young adults is largely unknown. Therefore, we investigated whether body mass index (BMI), smoking, and ...
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High BMI at 16 and 19 years associated with lumbar DD at 21 years among males belonging to the birth cohort. Having smoked at least four pack-years was also associated with lumbar DD among males, even ...