Measures of Adiposity and Alzheimer’s Disease-Related MRI Markers: The Northern Manhattan Study

Adiposity may increase risk for dementia and Alzheimer's disease (AD), but mechanisms are unclear.To examine associations between measures of adiposity with AD-signature region cortical thickness and hippocampal volume.We used data from the Northern Manhattan Study, a clinically stroke-free cohort of mostly Hispanic participants. Exposures of interest included body mass index (BMI), waist-hip-ratio (WHR), waist circumference (WC), and...