Visceral fat is associated with smaller brain volume.
A recent study demonstrated a genetic polymorphism that correlated with both high weight and small brain volume (Journal Watch Psychiatry May 24 2010). Now, researchers examine possible associations between total cerebral brain volume (TCBV), determined through magnetic resonance imaging, and obesity, which included abdominal measurements on CT scans, body-mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). The 733 participants (mean age, 60; 53% women) were enrolled in the Framingham Offspring Study and lacked histories of stroke or dementia.
Not surprisingly, subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue measurements were correlated with other measurements of obesity. All obesity measurements were inversely associated with…
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
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DisclosuresRoyaltiesTextbook of Traumatic Brain Injury, 2nd and 3rd editions
Editorial BoardsUpToDate; Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Leadership Positions in Professional SocietiesNorth American Brain Injury Association (Board Member); National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (Chair of Data Monitoring Safety Board for study of donepezil on cognition after traumatic brain injury)