Obesity
Study findings from T.W. Kim et al provide new insights into obesity
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, August 25th, 2008
"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. 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...
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