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This study aimed to evaluate the association between CTS and personal risk factors of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). Methods: The study sample consisted of the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966 (n = 9246). At the age of 31 in 1997 and at the age of 46 in 2012, the participants underwent a clinical examination. Cohort A consisted of complete cases with a follow-up from 1997 to 2012 (n = 4701), and Cohort B was followed up from 2012 to 2018 (n = 4548). The data on diagnosed CTS were provided by the Care Register for Health Care until the end of 2018. Results: After an adjustment for confounding factors, BMI was associated with CTS among women (hazard ratio (HR) 1.47, 95% Cl 0.98\u20132.20 for overweight women and HR 2.22, 95% Cl 1.29\u20133.83 for obese women) and among both sexes combined (HR 1.35 95% Cl 0.96\u20131.90 for overweight and HR 1.98 95% Cl 1.22\u20133.22 for obese participants). Neither waist circumference nor WHR was associated with CTS. Conclusions: BMI is an independent risk factor for CTS and is more relevant for estimating the increased risk of CTS due to excess body mass than waist circumference or WHR.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm11061510","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,10]],"date-time":"2022-03-10T11:46:47Z","timestamp":1646912807000},"page":"1510","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":22,"title":["Weight-Related and Personal Risk Factors of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome in the Northern Finland Birth Cohort 1966"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6263-1487","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kaisa","family":"Lampainen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hand Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9312-3100","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Rahman","family":"Shiri","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, 00032 Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Juha","family":"Auvinen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, 90014 Oulu, Finland"},{"name":"Center for Life Course Health Research, University of Oulu, 90014 Oulu, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jaro","family":"Karppinen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Medical Research Center Oulu, University of Oulu and Oulu University Hospital, 90014 Oulu, Finland"},{"name":"Rehabilitation Services of South Karelia Social and Health Care District, 53130 Lappeenranta, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4676-2831","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jorma","family":"Ryh\u00e4nen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hand Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0555-047X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sina","family":"Hulkkonen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hand Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, 00014 Helsinki, Finland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"153","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.282.2.153","article-title":"Prevalence of carpal tunnel syndrome in a general population","volume":"282","author":"Atroshi","year":"1999","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"373","DOI":"10.1016\/0895-4356(92)90038-O","article-title":"Carpal tunnel syndrome: Prevalence in the general population","volume":"45","author":"Knipschild","year":"1992","journal-title":"J. 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