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  • Brain Alterations in Metabo...
    Abazid, Leen

    Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 11/2023, Letnik: 31
    Journal Article

    Background: The primary research goal was to identify brain alterations reliably associated with obesity using coordinate-based metaanalysis. A secondary goal was to compare brain alterations in metabolically healthy (MHO) and unhealthy (MUO) obesity. Methods: Source data were peer-reviewed studies reporting locations of gray-matter alterations in group-average, case-control contrasts (obese vs. non-obese) cohorts, performed in a whole-brain, voxel-wise manner. Both voxel-based morphometry and voxel-based physiology studies were included. Three coordinate-based meta-analyses were performed: Pooled (MUO + MHO), MHO, and MUO. Results: Thirty-two studies reporting a total of 50 case-control contrasts (MHO, 23; MUO, 27) met inclusion criteria, representing 3368 participants (obese, 1781; non-obese, 1587). The pooled analysis yielded eight cerebral foci (3 nuclear, 5 cortical) in regions implicated in reward-seeking, cognitive, and interoceptive behaviors. MHO yielded 7 cerebral foci (4 nuclear, 3 cortical), partially overlapping Pooled results, with similar behavioral loadings. The MUO pattern was distinct, with 3 cerebellar and 1 occipital foci. Conclusions: Brain alterations occurred reliably in obesity. The dominant pattern (Pooled & MHO) involved cerebral reward-system circuits, evident even in metabolically healthy obesity. Cerebellar alterations occurred exclusively in metabolically unhealthy obesity, a pattern previously reported in metabolic syndrome.