Weight loss and risk of dementia in individuals with versus without obesity - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2023 Dec;19(12):5471-5481.

doi: 10.1002/alz.13155. Epub 2023 May 22.

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Weight loss and risk of dementia in individuals with versus without obesity

Keun You Kim et al. Alzheimers Dement. 2023 Dec.

Abstract

Introduction: Using nationwide cohort data, we aimed to elucidate whether baseline obesity altered the relationship between loss in body mass index (BMI) or waist circumference (WC) and risk of dementia.

Methods: Among 9689 participants whose BMIs and WCs were repeatedly measured over 1 year, 1:1 propensity score matching was conducted between participants with and without obesity (n = 2976 per group, mean age 70.9). For each group, we explored the association between loss in BMI, or WC, and incidence of dementia during an approximately 4-year follow-up period.

Results: BMI loss was associated with an increased risk of all-cause dementia and Alzheimer's disease in participants without obesity; however, this association was absent in participants with obesity. WC loss was associated with decreased Alzheimer's disease risk only in participants with obesity.

Discussion: Only unfavorable loss (loss from non-obese state) in BMI, not WC, can be a metabolic biomarker of prodromal dementia.

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; body mass index; dementia; obesity; waist circumference; weight loss.

© 2023 The Authors. Alzheimer's & Dementia published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Alzheimer's Association.

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