Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness Decrease in Obesity as a Marker of Neurodegeneration.
Rita LaiginhasMarta GuimarãesPedro CardosoHugo Santos-SousaJohn PretoMário NoraJoão ChibanteFernando Falcão-ReisManuel S FalcãoPublished in: Obesity surgery (2020)
Routine screening asymptomatic obese patients undergoing bariatric surgery for IIH using RNFL thickness was not clinically relevant in our study. However, we found that severe obesity is associated with neurodegeneration independently of the other components of the metabolic syndrome, what may justify future investigation on the need of monitoring these patients.
Keyphrases
- metabolic syndrome
- weight loss
- bariatric surgery
- insulin resistance
- optical coherence tomography
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- type diabetes
- chronic kidney disease
- ejection fraction
- adipose tissue
- newly diagnosed
- obese patients
- weight gain
- high fat diet induced
- cardiovascular risk factors
- diabetic retinopathy
- early onset
- physical activity
- cardiovascular disease
- peripheral nerve
- current status
- optic nerve
- drug induced