Association of Body Shape Index with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A body shape index (ABSI) is an anthropometric index designed to reflect the influence of visceral fat. ABSI has been previously associated with various atherosclerosis, metabolic diseases, and cardiovascular diseases; however, relatively few studies have been conducted on cerebrovascular disease. In this study, we evaluated the association between ABSI and cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD) in health check-up participants.

Methods

We evaluated consecutive health check-up participants between January 2006 and December 2013. As subtypes of cSVD, we quantitatively measured the volume of white matter hyperintensity (WMH) and qualitatively measured the presence of silent brain infarct (SBI) and cerebral microbleed (CMB). ABSI was calculated according to the follow

SUBMITTER: Nam KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10028365 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature