title: [Relationship between smoking and drinking and herniation of intervertebral disc].
abstract: To study whether there is relationship between smoking and drinking and herniation of intervertebral disc, we investigated 214 patients who had been proved with herniation of intervertebral disk during 1986-1996. The results were that in the younger (< or = 35 year old), no matter whether they drank or not, the number of smoker in the patients with herniation of intervertebral disc was more than that in the control group; no matter whether they smoked or not, the number of drinker in the patients with herniation of intervertebral disc was more than that in the control group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Hunan Medical University, Changsha 410008.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Liao
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007405:Intervertebral Disc Displacement / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires