Low energy diet and intracranial pressure in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To observe intracranial pressure in women with idiopathic intracranial hypertension who follow a low energy diet.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

Outpatient department and the clinical research facility based at two separate hospitals within the United Kingdom.

Participants

25 women with body mass index (BMI) >25, with active (papilloedema and intracranial pressure >25 cm H(2)O), chronic (over three months) idiopathic intracranial hypertension. Women who had undergone surgery to treat idiopathic intracranial hypertension were excluded.

Intervention

Stage 1: no new intervention; stage 2: nutritionally complete low energy (calorie) diet (1777 kJ/day (425 kcal/day)); stage 3: follow-up period after the diet. Each stage lasted three months

SUBMITTER: Sinclair AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2898925 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature