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Item Risk factors for chronic low back pain in adults. A case control study done in Sri Lanka(OMICS International, 2014) Karunanayake, A.L.Introduction: Not many risk factor studies for low back pain have been done in Sri Lanka. Objectives To determine the association between low back pain and posture, exercise, family history, level of education, level of income, smoking, consumption of alcohol, body mass index (BMI) and consumption of animal proteins. Methodology: A case control study was done at two main teaching hospitals in Colombo North region Sri Lanka. This study was done on adult subjects. A pretested structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used to collect data. Their weights and heights were also measured. Results: The data were collected from 530 cases and 530 controls. Their age range was 18- 90 years. Mean age (SD) for cases was 49.4 (15) years. Mean age (SD) for controls was 47.1 (17) years. Females accounted for 67% of cases and 64% of controls. Bad posture (P < 0.001), low level of physical exercise (P < 0.001), positive family history (P < 0.001), high level of income (P < 0.001), high BMI and low BMI (P = 0.001), low level of education (P = 0.013) and regular consumption of alcohol (P = 0.039) had a significant association with low back pain. Smoking and consumption of animal proteins did not have a significant association with low back pain.Item Risk factors for chronic low back pain(OMICS International, 2014) Karunanayake, A.L.Chronic low back pain that last for more than 3 months affects an estimated 15-45% of the population and is the most common cause of disability in individuals between the ages of 45 and 65 years. It has a high morbidity with high social and economic effects. The studies done all over the world show that the prevalence of chronic low back pain is increasing. However the improvements in the understanding of the pathology and management of low back pain have not improved significantly over the years. Therefore having knowledge of risk factors for low back pain will help in the prevention of development of low back pain. Therefore a review of current literature regarding the risk factors for low back pain was carried out. According to majority of studies bad posture, lack of physical exercise, presence of low back pain related genes, low levels of education and poor nutrition had a significant association with low back pain. Few studies have found a significant association between low back pain and indulging in regular smoking, regular alcohol consumption, being overweight and underweight and low socio-economic background. However some studies have failed to find a significant association between these factors and low back pain