Association of body mass index with longitudinal rates of retinal atrophy in multiple sclerosis.
Angeliki G FilippatouJeffrey LambeElias S SotirchosKathryn C FitzgeraldSean Andrew AstonOlwen C MurphyNicole PellegriniNicholas FioravanteHunter RisherEsther OgbuokiriOhemaa KwakyiBrandon ToliverSimidele DavisNicholas LucianoCiprian CrainiceanuJerry L PrinceEllen M MowryPeter A CalabresiShiv SaidhaPublished in: Multiple sclerosis (Houndmills, Basingstoke, England) (2020)
Elevated BMI, in the absence of overt metabolic comorbidities, may be associated with accelerated GCIPL atrophy. Obesity, a modifiable risk factor, may be associated with accelerated neurodegeneration in MS.