Table 1 Demographics for subjects included in the MRI-scanning protocol.

From: Overweight and obesity are associated with neuronal injury in the human cerebellum and hippocampus in young adults: a combined MRI, serum marker and gene expression study

 

Control subjects (BMI<25)

Overweight and obese subjects (BMI>25)

Control versus overweight/obese subjects P-values

N

16 (6 female/10 male)

27 (15 female/12 male)

 

BMI (kg m−2; mean±s.d.; range)

22.5±2.0 (18.5–24.9)

33.0±6.4 (25.3–50.7)

P<0.000001

age (years; mean±s.d.; range)

24.8±3.0 (20–34)

26.4±5.4 (19–41)

NS (P=0.28)

NSE (μg l−1; mean±s.d.; range)

8.4±1.7 (5.3–11.3)

9.1±1.4 (6.9–13.6)

NS (P=0.14)

  1. Abbreviatons: BMI, body mass index; MRI, magnetic resonance imaging; NSE, neuron-specific enolase; NS, not significant.