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Obesity may not be a risk factor for idiopathic intracranial hypertension in Asians
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- Issue Date
- 2008-08-08
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Citation
- Eur J Neurol. 2008; 15(8): 876-879
- Keywords
- Adult ; Asian Continental Ancestry Group ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Middle Aged ; Obesity/*complications/*epidemiology ; Pseudotumor Cerebri/*etiology ; Retrospective Studies ; Risk Factors
- Abstract
- BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH) is a clinical condition characterized by signs and symptoms of increased intracranial pressure. We demonstrated the clinical presentation of IIH of Asians and investigated any ethnic difference in pathogenesis. METHODS AND RESULTS: Ten patients who fulfilled the modified Dandy criteria and four with presumed diagnosis for IIH were included. Only one patient (7.1%) was obese according to body mass index, seven were overweight, and six weighed normal. CONCLUSIONS: Obesity was not frequently found in Caucasians with IIH. This data indirectly suggest that obesity may not play a major role in the pathogenesis of IIH in Asians. Awareness of this is helpful in early diagnosis and treatment of IIH in Asians.
- ISSN
- 1468-1331 (Electronic)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18684312
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/68245
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