Obesity is associated with myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease in acute optic neuritis

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Optic neuritis (ON) is a frequent presentation at onset of multiple sclerosis (MS), neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein antibody-associated disease (MOGAD). The pathophysiology underlying these diseases, especially MOGAD, is still being elucidated. While obesity has been reported to potentially be a risk factor for MS, this has not been explored in NMOSD or MOGAD. We aimed to investigate a possible association between obesity (body mass index [BMI] > 30 kg/m2) in patients with MOGAD, aquaporin 4-IgG positive NMOSD (AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD) or MS. In this multicenter non-interventional retrospective study, data was collected from patients with a first ever demyelinating attack of ON subsequently diagnosed with MOGAD (n = 44), AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD (n = 49) or MS (n = 90) between 2005 and 2020. The following data was collected: age, sex, ethnicity, BMI (documented before corticosteroid treatment), and the ON etiology after diagnostic work-up. A mixed model analysis was performed to assess the potential of obesity or BMI to predict MOGAD-ON, and to distinguish MOGAD-ON from AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD-ON and MS-ON. Main outcome measures included BMI in patients with acute ON and subsequent diagnosis of MOGAD, AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD or MS. A higher BMI was significantly associated with a diagnosis of MOGAD-ON (p < 0.001); in MOGAD patients the mean BMI was 31.6 kg/m2 (standard deviation (SD) 7.2), while the mean BMI was 24.7 kg/m2 (SD 5.3) in AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD patients, and 26.9 kg/m2 (SD 6.2) in MS patients. Mixed-effects multinomial logistic regression, adjusted for age and sex, with obesity as a binary variable, revealed that obesity was associated with a higher odds ratio (OR) of a subsequent MOGAD diagnosis (OR 5.466, 95% CI [2.039, 14.650], p = 0.001) in contradistinction with AQP4-IgG+ NMOSD. This study suggests an association between obesity and MOGAD. Our findings require further exploration, but could have significant pathophysiologic implications if confirmed in larger prospective studies.

Errataetall:

ErratumIn: Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 20;13(1):2944. - PMID 36807557

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 12(2022), 1 vom: 09. Dez., Seite 21312

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stiebel-Kalish, Hadas [VerfasserIn]
Rubarth, Kerstin [VerfasserIn]
Shouchane-Blum, Karny [VerfasserIn]
Tiosano, Alon [VerfasserIn]
Lotan, Itay [VerfasserIn]
Hellmann, Mark A [VerfasserIn]
Wilf-Yarkoni, Adi [VerfasserIn]
Bialer, Omer [VerfasserIn]
Flanagan, Eoin P [VerfasserIn]
Pittock, Sean J [VerfasserIn]
Bhatti, M Tariq [VerfasserIn]
Schmitz-Hübsch, Tanja [VerfasserIn]
Paul, Friedemann [VerfasserIn]
Asseyer, Susanna [VerfasserIn]
Chen, John J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Aquaporin 4
Autoantibodies
Immunoglobulin G
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Myelin-Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein

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Date Completed 16.12.2022

Date Revised 24.02.2023

published: Electronic

ErratumIn: Sci Rep. 2023 Feb 20;13(1):2944. - PMID 36807557

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-022-21592-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM350066388