Muthuri SG, et al. - Researchers aimed to characterize long-term profiles of back pain across adulthood and examine if childhood risk factors were associated with these profiles. They used data from the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development and identified 4 profiles of back pain: no or occasional pain, early-adulthood only, mid-adulthood onset, and persistent. Taller height at age 7 years was associated with a higher likelihood of early-adulthood only and persistent pain in women after adjustment. Abdominal pain, poorest care in childhood, and poorer maternal health were recognized as the factors associated with an increased risk of persistent pain in both sexes. Abdominal pain and poorest housing quality were also associated with an increased likelihood of mid-adulthood onset pain.