Brain BMI signature
Biomarker1 paper2 findings
- Humans1
Associations
2Cardiometabolic and pulmonary conditions
upin humans1
1 study
Cardiometabolic and pulmonary conditions
upin humans1
Brain BMI signature predicts cardiometabolic and pulmonary conditions in humans.
“Strikingly, brain-based models showed superior discriminative power compared to BMI itself for detecting disorders without a primary neurological etiology.”
Humansdisorders without a primary neurological etiology
Brain signatures of BMI detect systemic disease better than BMI · NPJ digital medicine · 3 Oct 2026
BMI changes
upin humans1
1 study
BMI changes
upin humans1
Brain BMI signature predicts BMI changes in humans.
“In a longitudinal follow-up subset, the model successfully tracked BMI changes over 2.3 years, with stronger sensitivity to BMI increases, and for obese participants.”
Humans2.3 years
Brain signatures of BMI detect systemic disease better than BMI · NPJ digital medicine · 3 Oct 2026
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1Brain signatures of BMI detect systemic disease better than BMI
Across six human cohorts and a 2.3-year follow-up, neural networks identified brain structural patterns tied to cardiometabolic and pulmonary…Across six human cohorts and a 2.3-year follow-up, neural networks identified brain structural patterns tied to cardiometabolic and pulmonary conditions.