Associations between chronic widespread pain, pressure pain thresholds, leptin, and metabolic factors in individuals with knee pain

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OBJECTIVE: The aim was to study associations between chronic widespread pain, widespread pain sensitivity, leptin, and metabolic factors in individuals with knee pain. A secondary aim was to study these associations in a subgroup of individuals with normal BMI.

METHOD: This cross-sectional study included 265 individuals. The participants were categorised into three different pain groups: Chronic widespread pain (CWP), chronic regional pain (ChRP), or no chronic pain (NCP). The pressure pain thresholds (PPTs) were assessed using computerised pressure algometry. Low PPTs were defined as having PPTs in the lowest third of all tender points. Leptin and metabolic factors such as BMI, visceral fat area (VFA), lipids, and glucose were also assessed.

RESULT: Sixteen per cent reported CWP, 15% had low PPTs, and 4% fulfilled both criteria. Those who fulfilled the criteria for CWP were more often women, more obese, and had increased leptin levels. In logistic regression, adjusted for age and gender, leptin was associated with fulfilling criteria for CWP, OR 1.015 (95% CI 1.004-1.027, p = 0.008). In logistic regression, adjusted for age and gender, leptin was associated with low PPTs, OR 1.016 (95% CI 1.004-1.029, p = 0.012). Leptin was also associated with fulfilling both criteria, adjusted for age, sex, and visceral fat area (VFA), OR 1.030 (95% CI 1.001-1.060), p = 0.040.

CONCLUSION: Leptin was associated with fulfilling the combined criteria for chronic widespread pain and low PPTs, even after adjusting for the visceral fat area (VFA). Longitudinal studies are needed to study the causal relationships between leptin and the development of widespread pain.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: clinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04928170.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

BMC musculoskeletal disorders - 24(2023), 1 vom: 09. Aug., Seite 639

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Andersson, Maria L E [VerfasserIn]
Thorén, Emelie [VerfasserIn]
Sylwander, Charlotte [VerfasserIn]
Bergman, Stefan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Chronic widespread pain
Journal Article
Leptin
Metabolic factors
Pressure pain thresholds

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 11.08.2023

Date Revised 21.11.2023

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT04928170

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12891-023-06773-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM360586198