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We recorded the age, gender, height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of 92 consecutive patients who underwent elective lumbar discectomy and 40\u00a0consecutive patients who underwent discectomy for CES. On univariate analysis, the mean BMI of the elective discectomy cohort (26.5\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (16.6 to 41.7) was very similar to that of the age-matched national mean (27.6\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>, p = 1.0). However, the mean BMI of the CES cohort (31.1\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> (21.0 to 54.9)) was significantly higher than both that of the elective group (p &lt; 0.001) and the age-matched national mean (p &lt; 0.001). A similar pattern was seen with the weight of the groups. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed, adjusted for age, gender, height, weight and BMI. Increasing BMI and weight were strongly associated with an increased risk of CES (odds ratio (OR) 1.17, p &lt; 0.001; and OR 1.06, p\u00a0&lt; \u00a00.001, respectively). However, increasing height was linked with a reduced risk of CES (OR 0.9, p &lt; 0.01). The odds of developing CES were 3.7 times higher (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.2 to 7.8, p = 0.016) in the overweight and obese (as defined by the World Health Organization: BMI \u2265 25\u00a0kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>) than in those of ideal weight. Those with very large discs (obstructing &gt; 75% of the spinal canal) had a larger BMI than those with small discs (obstructing &lt; 25% of the canal; p &lt; 0.01). 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