OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between diet and lifestyle, and chronic @entity158 (CWP). If @entity1 with CWP have dietary and lifestyle habits consistent with an increased risk of @entity5 or @entity65 , it may partially explain evidence in the literature suggesting an association between CWP and these diseases. METHODS: The 1958 British Birth Cohort Study comprises individuals born in England, Scotland and Wales in the United Kingdom during one week in March 1958. At 45 years of age, @entity158 was recorded using a self-completion questionnaire. CWP was classified using the American College of Rheumatology definition for @entity239 . Data were collected on diet and lifestyle at 33 and 42 years of age. RESULTS: A total of 8572 @entity1 provided @entity158 data at 45 years of age, of whom 12% reported CWP. @entity1 with CWP, compared with those without, reported an unhealthy diet (ie, fruit   vegetable consumption less than once per week [OR 2.0; 95% CI 1.3 to 3.1], and fatty food [OR 1.7; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.7] and chips (french fries) [OR 1.5; 95% CI 1.0 to 2.4] at least once per day) that may have predisposed them to other @entity102 such as @entity5 and @entity65 . @entity1 with CWP were also more likely to be unemployed (adjusted OR 1.4; 95% CI 1.1 to 1.8), to have had high physical exertion at work (adjusted OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.2 to 2.2) and elevated body mass index (overweight - adjusted OR 1.5, 95% CI 1.2 to 1.9; @entity28 - adjusted OR 1.8, 95% CI 1.3 to 2.5). Similar relationships between lifestyle (but not diet) and the risk of CWP were identified in @entity1 . CONCLUSIONS: The findings for smoking, body mass index and (for @entity1 ) diet offer support for the hypothesis that lifestyle factors may partially explain the association between CWP and @entity5 or @entity65 . Prospective studies are necessary to confirm this relationship.

Diet, lifestyle and chronic XXXX : results from the 1958 British Birth Cohort Study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'Women', 'persons', 'men'] @entity239 :: ('MESH:D005356', 'Disease') :: ['fibromyalgia'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer'] @entity102 :: ('MESH:D002908', 'Disease') :: ['chronic diseases'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['pain', 'widespread pain'] @entity65 :: ('MESH:D002318', 'Disease') :: ['cardiovascular disease']
@entity158 :: (MESH:D010146,Disease) :: ['widespread pain']
