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Labounek R, Bondy MT, Paulson AL, Bédard S, Abramovic M, Alonso-Ortiz E, Atcheson NT, Barlow LR, Barry RL, Barth M, Battiston M, Büchel C, Budde MD, Callot V, Combes A, De Leener B, Descoteaux M, de Sousa PL, Dostál M, Doyon J, Dvorak AV, Eippert F, Epperson KR, Epperson KS, Freund P, Finsterbusch J, Foias A, Fratini M, Fukunaga I, Gandini Wheeler-Kingshott CAM, Germani G, Gilbert G, Giove F, Grussu F, Hagiwara A, Henry PG, Horák T, Hori M, Joers JM, Kamiya K, Karbasforoushan H, Keřkovský M, Khatibi A, Kim JW, Kinany N, Kitzler H, Kolind S, Kong Y, Kudlička P, Kuntke P, Kurniawan ND, Kusmia S, Laganà MM, Laule C, Law CSW, Leutritz T, Liu Y, Llufriu S, Mackey S, Martin AR, Martinez-Heras E, Mattera L, O’Grady KP, Papinutto N, Papp D, Pareto D, Parrish TB, Pichiecchio A, Prados F, Rovira À, Ruitenberg MJ, Samson RS, Savini G, Seif M, Seifert AC, Smith AK, Smith SA, Smith ZA, Solana E, Suzuki Y, Tackley GW, Tinnermann A, Valošek J, Van De Ville D, Yiannakas MC, Weber KA, Weiskopf N, Wise RG, Wyss PO, Xu J, Cohen-Adad J, Lenglet C, Nestrašil I. Body size interacts with the structure of the central nervous system: A multi-center in vivo neuroimaging study. BIORXIV : THE PREPRINT SERVER FOR BIOLOGY 2024:2024.04.29.591421. [PMID: 38746371 PMCID: PMC11092490 DOI: 10.1101/2024.04.29.591421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2024]
Abstract
Clinical research emphasizes the implementation of rigorous and reproducible study designs that rely on between-group matching or controlling for sources of biological variation such as subject's sex and age. However, corrections for body size (i.e. height and weight) are mostly lacking in clinical neuroimaging designs. This study investigates the importance of body size parameters in their relationship with spinal cord (SC) and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) metrics. Data were derived from a cosmopolitan population of 267 healthy human adults (age 30.1±6.6 years old, 125 females). We show that body height correlated strongly or moderately with brain gray matter (GM) volume, cortical GM volume, total cerebellar volume, brainstem volume, and cross-sectional area (CSA) of cervical SC white matter (CSA-WM; 0.44≤r≤0.62). In comparison, age correlated weakly with cortical GM volume, precentral GM volume, and cortical thickness (-0.21≥r≥-0.27). Body weight correlated weakly with magnetization transfer ratio in the SC WM, dorsal columns, and lateral corticospinal tracts (-0.20≥r≥-0.23). Body weight further correlated weakly with the mean diffusivity derived from diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) in SC WM (r=-0.20) and dorsal columns (-0.21), but only in males. CSA-WM correlated strongly or moderately with brain volumes (0.39≤r≤0.64), and weakly with precentral gyrus thickness and DTI-based fractional anisotropy in SC dorsal columns and SC lateral corticospinal tracts (-0.22≥r≥-0.25). Linear mixture of sex and age explained 26±10% of data variance in brain volumetry and SC CSA. The amount of explained variance increased at 33±11% when body height was added into the mixture model. Age itself explained only 2±2% of such variance. In conclusion, body size is a significant biological variable. Along with sex and age, body size should therefore be included as a mandatory variable in the design of clinical neuroimaging studies examining SC and brain structure.
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Affiliation(s)
- René Labounek
- Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Health Sciences & Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
- School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
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- Department for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Clement J. Zablocki Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI, USA
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- Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, CRMBM, Marseille, France
- APHM, Hopital Universitaire Timone, CEMEREM, Marseille, France
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Sherbrooke Connectivity Imaging Lab (SCIL), Computer Science department, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Brno and Masaryk University, Czech Republic
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- McConnell Brain Imaging Centre, Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Max Planck Research Group Pain Perception, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center Balgrist, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
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- Institute of Nanotechnology, CNR, Rome, Italy
- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Neuroimaging Laboratory, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Advanced Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Center, Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Neuroimaging Laboratory, Rome, Italy
- CREF - Museo storico della fisica e Centro studi e ricerche Enrico Fermi, Rome, Italy
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
- Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
- Multimodal and Functional Imaging Laboratory, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Radiology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, 1-2-1, Hongo, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan
- Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Toho University Omori Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Brno and Masaryk University, Czech Republic
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- Centre of Precision Rehabilitation for Spinal Pain (CPR Spine), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Centre for Human Brain Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
- Institute for Mental Health, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
- Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Neuro-X Institute, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine and Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Behavioral Science, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100101, China
- Department of Psychology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China
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- Multimodal and Functional Imaging Laboratory, Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic
- First Department of Neurology, St. Anne’s University Hospital and Medical Faculty of Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Faculty of Medicine and Carl Gustav Carus University Hospital, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Centre for Advanced Imaging, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, China
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- Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases (ImaginEM), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-IDIBAPS and Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Neurological Surgery, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases (ImaginEM), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-IDIBAPS and Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
- Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Fondation Campus Biotech Geneva, Genève, Switzerland
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Neurology, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Wellcome Centre For Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL 60611, USA
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- Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
- Advanced Imaging and Artificial Intelligence Center, Neuroradiology Department, IRCCS Mondino Foundation, Pavia, Italy
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
- e-Health Center, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
- Centre for Medical Image Computing, University College London, London, UK
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- Section of Neuroradiology, Department of Radiology, Hospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Via Rita Levi Montalcini 4, 20072, Pieve Emanuele (MI), Italy
- Neuroradiology Unit, IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Via Alessandro Manzoni 56, 20089, Rozzano (MI), Italy
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- Spinal Cord Injury Center Balgrist, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
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- Wellcome Centre For Integrative Neuroimaging, FMRIB, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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- Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis Unit, Laboratory of Advanced Imaging in Neuroimmunological Diseases (ImaginEM), Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Fundació de Recerca Clínic Barcelona-IDIBAPS and Universitat de Barcelona. Barcelona, Spain
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- The University of Tokyo Hospital, Radiology Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
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- Department for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Mila - Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Department of Neurosurgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacký University Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic
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- Neuro-X Institute, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Geneva, Switzerland
- Department of Radiology and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
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- NMR Research Unit, Queen Square Multiple Sclerosis Centre, Department of Neuroinflammation, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, University College London, UK
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- Division of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
- Department of Neurophysics, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
- Felix Bloch Institute for Solid State Physics, Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences, Leipzig University, Linnéstraße 5, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
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- Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), School of Psychology, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
- Department of Neurosciences, Imaging, and Clinical Sciences, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
- Institute for Advanced Biomedical Technologies, ‘G. D’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Swiss Paraplegic Centre, Nottwil, Switzerland
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- Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Institute, Department of Radiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, USA
- Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- NeuroPoly Lab, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Mila - Quebec AI Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada
- Functional Neuroimaging Unit, CRIUGM, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada
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- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Pediatrics, Masonic Institute for the Developing Brain, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, Department of Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Ivanovski I, Djuric O, Broccoli S, Caraffi SG, Accorsi P, Adam MP, Avela K, Badura-Stronka M, Bayat A, Clayton-Smith J, Cocco I, Cordelli DM, Cuturilo G, Di Pisa V, Dupont Garcia J, Gastaldi R, Giordano L, Guala A, Hoei-Hansen C, Inaba M, Iodice A, Nielsen JEK, Kuburovic V, Lazalde-Medina B, Malbora B, Mizuno S, Moldovan O, Møller RS, Muschke P, Otelli V, Pantaleoni C, Piscopo C, Poch-Olive ML, Prpic I, Marín Reina P, Raviglione F, Ricci E, Scarano E, Simonte G, Smigiel R, Tanteles G, Tarani L, Trimouille A, Valera ET, Schrier Vergano S, Writzl K, Callewaert B, Savasta S, Street ME, Iughetti L, Bernasconi S, Giorgi Rossi P, Garavelli L. Mowat-Wilson syndrome: growth charts. Orphanet J Rare Dis 2020; 15:151. [PMID: 32539836 PMCID: PMC7294656 DOI: 10.1186/s13023-020-01418-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Mowat-Wilson syndrome (MWS; OMIM #235730) is a genetic condition caused by heterozygous mutations or deletions of the ZEB2 gene. It is characterized by moderate-severe intellectual disability, epilepsy, Hirschsprung disease and multiple organ malformations of which congenital heart defects and urogenital anomalies are the most frequent ones. To date, a clear description of the physical development of MWS patients does not exist. The aim of this study is to provide up-to-date growth charts specific for infants and children with MWS. Charts for males and females aged from 0 to 16 years were generated using a total of 2865 measurements from 99 MWS patients of different ancestries. All data were collected through extensive collaborations with the Italian MWS association (AIMW) and the MWS Foundation. The GAMLSS package for the R statistical computing software was used to model the growth charts. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI) and head circumference were compared to those from standard international growth charts for healthy children. RESULTS In newborns, weight and length were distributed as in the general population, while head circumference was slightly smaller, with an average below the 30th centile. Up to the age of 7 years, weight and height distribution was shifted to slightly lower values than in the general population; after that, the difference increased further, with 50% of the affected children below the 5th centile of the general population. BMI distribution was similar to that of non-affected children until the age of 7 years, at which point values in MWS children increased with a less steep slope, particularly in males. Microcephaly was sometimes present at birth, but in most cases it developed gradually during infancy; many children had a small head circumference, between the 3rd and the 10th centile, rather than being truly microcephalic (at least 2 SD below the mean). Most patients were of slender build. CONCLUSIONS These charts contribute to the understanding of the natural history of MWS and should assist pediatricians and other caregivers in providing optimal care to MWS individuals who show problems related to physical growth. This is the first study on growth in patients with MWS.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ivan Ivanovski
- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.,Department of Surgical, Medical, Dental and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.,Institut für Medizinische Genetik, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Epidemiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.,Center for Environmental, Nutritional and Genetic Epidemiology (CREAGEN), Section of Public Health, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Division of Genetic Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Regional Health Service, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.,Department of Epilepsy Genetics and Personalized Medicine, Danish Epilepsy Centre Dianalund, Dianalund, Denmark
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- Division of Evolution and Genomic Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.,Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Pediatric Department, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.,Department of Medical Genetics, University Children's Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Manchester Centre for Genomic Medicine, St Mary's Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, Health Innovation Manchester, Manchester, UK
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- Serviço de Genética Médica, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Neuropsychiatric Department, Spedali Civili Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- SOC Pediatria, Ospedale Castelli, Verbania, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Cardiology, Mother and Child Health Care Institute, Belgrade, Serbia.,Skånes universitet sjukhus, Barnkliniken, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology & Oncology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatrics, Central Hospital, Aichi Human Service Center, Kasugai, Japan
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- Serviço de Genética Médica, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Danish Epilepsy Centre, Dianalund, Denmark.,Institute for Regional Health Services, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Institute for Human Genetics, University Hospital Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
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- Developmental Neurology Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy
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- U.O.S.C. Medical Genetics, A.O.R.N. "A. Cardarelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics-Child Neurology Service, University Hospital Rijeka, Medical Faculty, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
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- Dismorphology and Reproductive Genetics, Neonatal Research Group, Health Research Institute Hospital La Fe, University & Polytechnic Hospital La Fe, Valencia, Spain
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- Child Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, Pediatric Department, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Unit of Pediatrics, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.,Department of Pediatrics and Medical Sciences, "Vittorio Emanuele" Hospital, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division Pediatric Propedeutics and Rare Disorders, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland
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- Clinical Genetics Clinic, Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia, Cyprus
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- Department of Pediatrics, University "La Sapienza,", Rome, Italy
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Service de Génétique Médicale, Bordeaux, France.,INSERM U1211, Univ. Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, USA.,Division of Medical Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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- Clinical Institute of Medical Genetics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Pediatric Clinic, IRCCS Policlinico "S. Matteo" Foundation, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Post-graduate School of Pediatrics, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences of Mother, Children and Adults, Pediatric Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
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- Epidemiology Unit, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Medical Genetics Unit, Department of Mother and Child, Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale - IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Viale Risorgimento, 80 42123, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
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