Body weight is a robust predictor of clinical progression in Huntington disease.
Ann Neurol
; 82(3): 479-483, 2017 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-28779551
ABSTRACT
Unintended weight loss is a hallmark of Huntington disease (HD), but it is unknown to what extent weight loss impacts the rate of disease progression. Therefore, using longitudinal data from the Enroll-HD study, we assessed the association between baseline body mass index (BMI) and the rate of clinical progression in 5,821 HD mutation carriers. We found that high baseline BMI was associated with a significantly slower rate of functional, motor, and cognitive deterioration (all p < 0.001), independent of mutant HTT CAG repeat size. Our findings provide strong rationale for exploration of systemic metabolism as a therapeutic target in HD. Ann Neurol 2017;82479-483.
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Peso Corporal
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Índice de Massa Corporal
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Doença de Huntington
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2017
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Article