Weak correlations between body height and several brain metrics in healthy elderly subjects.

摘要: The question whether body height is related to different brain size measures has recently gained renewed interest as some studies have reported that correlates with intelligence and several measures. In this study, we re-evaluated by examining the relationship between including intracranial volume, total cortical surface area, volume of normal appearing white matter, matter hyperintensity, thickness, subcortical gray cerebellar cortex in a relatively large sample (n=216) physically cognitively healthy elderly subjects (mean age 71 years, range 65-85 years). We identified small correlations (r = 0.11 - 0.19) seven out ten metrics (total well volumes) when controlling for sex age. Based on these relationships various measures, discuss possible reasons theoretical problems relationships. This article protected copyright. All rights reserved.