Association of body mass index, and waist to hip ratio with brain structure

Objective: We examined the association of body mass index (BMI) and waist to hip ratio (WHR) with brain volume. Methods: We used cross-sectional data from UK Biobank study (n=9,652 ; aged 55.4±7.5 yrs; 47.9% men). Measures included BMI, WHR, and total fat mass as ascertained from bioimpedance. Brain...

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Main Authors: Mark Hamer, G. David Batty
Format: Default Article
Published: 2018
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Other health sciences not elsewhere classified
Obesity
Body mass index
Abdominal adiposity
Neurodegeneration
Neuroimaging
Brain
Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/35303
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