STUDY DESIGN:: A meta-analysis. OBJECTIVE:: We performed this meta-analysis to evaluate the association between overweight and @entity66 . SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA:: An extensive English language literature retrieval about the association of overweight and the risk of @entity66 was conducted on Public Medline and Excerpta Medica Database until May 2014. METHODS:: Meta-analysis for all the included literatures was performed by STATA 11.0 to summarize test performance with forest plots after heterogeneity test. Moreover, subgroup and sensitivity analyses were performed to examine the potential candidate effect factors. Afterwards, the likelihood of publication bias was assessed by constructing funnel plots and performing Begg's rank correlation test and Egger's linear regression method. RESULTS:: Totally, 5 studies satisfied the predefined eligibility criteria, including 1749 cases with @entity1798 and 1885 controls. Altogether, overweight was associated with increased risk of @entity66 (odds ratio (OR)=1.45, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.27, 1.66; P<0.001). Moreover, subgroup analysis proved that overweight was a predominant factor in @entity66 developing compared with age and gender. Although significant publication bias was observed in our meta-analysis, we proved high credibility of meta-analysis result using trim and fill method (OR=1.27, 95% CI=1.06, 1.53). CONCLUSIONS:: We suggest that overweight might increase the risk of @entity66 , and weight control should be considered for overweight or @entity28 population to reduce the occurrence and development of @entity66 .

Association Between Overweight or XXXX and Lumbar Disc Diseases: A Meta-analysis.

@entity1798 :: ('MESH:C535531', 'Disease') :: ['lumbar disc diseases'] @entity66 :: ('MESH:D004194', 'Disease') :: ['lumbar disease', 'lumbar diseases'] @entity28 :: ('MESH:D009765', 'Disease') :: ['obese']
@entity28 :: (MESH:D009765,Disease) :: ['Obesity']
