The association between diabetes mellitus and low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BMC Musculoskelet Disord · 2026 · PMC13377725 · PMID 42449294

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For the prevalence of LBP among those with DM, the trim-and-fill analysis adjusted the gap from 8.7% to 2.36% (95% CI: −2.72–7.43), which failed to reach statistical significance.

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