title: The influence of body mass index on lumbar disc degeneration: comment on the article by Samartzis et al.
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Alexiou
authors.forename: Spyridon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Voulgaris
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055959:Intervertebral Disc Degeneration / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011159:Population Surveillance