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- •Prepubertal children with high levels of sedentary behavior have an increased likelihood of various pain conditions.
- •Prepubertal children with low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness may be at increased risk of any pain and headache.
- •Prepubertal children with low body fat content may be at increased risk of any pain, multiple pain, and lower limb pain.
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M.N. and T.A.L. share the last authorship.
This work was financially supported by the Finnish Doctoral Program in Oral Sciences, the Finnish Dental Society Apollonia, the Finnish Pain Society, the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland, the Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, the Juho Vainio Foundation, the Foundation for Paediatric Research, the Paulo Foundation, the Paavo Nurmi Foundation, the Diabetes Research Foundation, and the Kuopio University Hospital (EVO-funding number 5031343), the Research Committee of the Kuopio University Hospital Catchment Area for the State Research Funding and city of Kuopio.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.