Central obesity rather than BMI is associated with chronic pain: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES

Xu Yang; Xue Yang; Li Yang; Xuemei Dai; Lu Lin; Huaqu Gong; Yinghai Liu; Wei Wu

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0337939

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Central obesity rather than BMI is associated with chronic pain: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES

Xu Yang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Xue Yang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Li Yang,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Xuemei Dai,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Lu Lin,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Huaqu Gong,

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Yinghai Liu ,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 13980667073@163.com (YL); wuwei731@outlook.com (WW)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3067-9968

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Wei Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: 13980667073@163.com (YL); wuwei731@outlook.com (WW)

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, The General Hospital of Western Theater Command, Chengdu, P.R.China
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Central obesity rather than BMI is associated with chronic pain: A cross-sectional analysis of NHANES

Xu Yang,
Xue Yang,
Li Yang,
Xuemei Dai,
Lu Lin,
Huaqu Gong,
Yinghai Liu,
Wei Wu

Published: December 4, 2025
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0337939

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