Interactions between muscle volume and body mass index on brain structure in the UK Biobank
Greater thigh muscle volume correlates with better brain volumes at midlife in people without sarcopenia, but this relationship weakens with greater age and BMI. Further study is required to investigate the underlying mechanisms to understand which components of body composition are potentially modifiable risk factors for dementia.
Authors
- Chris Moran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1872-3314)
- Stephanie Than (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9592-215X)
- Taya Collyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8612-1724)
- Richard Beare (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7530-5664)
- Velandai Srikanth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8442-8981)
- Alicia Lu
- Alexandra La Hood
Institutions
- Footscray Hospital (AU)
- Caulfield Hospital (AU)
- Peninsula Health (AU)
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute (AU)
- Centre for Ageing Better (GB)
- Alfred Health (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Dementia
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/frdem.2024.1456716
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.98