Abdominal obesity and lower gray matter volume: A Mendelian randomization study

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 378-386

  Debette, Stéphanie ^a,b,c,d   Wolf, Christiane ^a,e   Lambert, Jean Charles ^a   Crivello, Fabrice ^f   Soumaré, Aïcha ^a   Zhu, Yi Cheng ^a,g   Schilling, Sabrina ^b   Dufouil, Carole ^a   Mazoyer, Bernard ^f   Amouyel, Philippe ^e,h   Tzourio, Christophe ^a,f   Elbaz, Alexis ^a,i  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^h UNIV LILLE   (France)

ⁱ CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

Author keywords

Brain volume; Genetic; Gray matter volume; Mendelian randomization; MRI; Obesity; Population based

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GRAY MATTER VOLUME; HIPPOCAMPAL VOLUME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL BRAIN VOLUME; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WHITE MATTER HYPERINTENSITY VOLUME;

BRAIN VOLUME; GENETIC; GRAY MATTER VOLUME; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION; MRI; OBESITY; POPULATION-BASED;

AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NIMODIPINE; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84887228868     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2013.07.022     Document Type: Article

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