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354 Brain Structural Alterations in Metabolically Healthy and Unhealthy Obesity: A Quantitative Comparison Using Coordinate-Based Meta-Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2024

Leen F. Abazid
Affiliation:
University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio Research Imaging Institute Department of Radiology
Eithan Kotkowski
Affiliation:
Research Imaging Institute Department of Neurology
Crystal G. Franklin
Affiliation:
Research Imaging Institute
Mary D. Woosley
Affiliation:
Research Imaging Institute
Amy S. Garrett
Affiliation:
Research Imaging Institute Department of Neurology
Peter T. Fox
Affiliation:
Research Imaging Institute Department of Radiology Department of Neurology Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio at San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
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Abstract

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OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The primary research goal was to identify brain alterations reliably associated with obesity using coordinate-based meta-analysis. A secondary goal was to compare brain alterations in metabolically healthy (MHO) and unhealthy (MUO) obesity. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: 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/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: Thirty-two studies reporting a total of 50 case-control contrasts (MHO, 23; MUO, 27) met inclusion criteria, representing 3,368 participants (obese, 1,781; non-obese, 1587). The pooled analysis yielded 8 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. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE: 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.

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