Article
Abdominal Obesity and Brain Atrophy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Climie Rachel E D, Moran Chris, Callisaya Michele, Blizzard Leigh, Sharman James E, Venn Alison, Phan Thanh G, Beare Richard, Forbes Josephine, Blackburn Nicholas B, Srikanth Velandai
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D) is associated with gray matter atrophy. Adiposity and physical inactivity are risk factors for T2D and brain atrophy. We studied whether the associations of T2D with total gray matter volume (GMV) and hippocampal volume (HV) are dependent on obesity and physical activity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, we measured waist-hip ratio (WHR), body mass index...
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