ArticlePsychological medicine2026
The role of metabolic health in neurostructural and cognitive alterations in bipolar disorders.
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backgroundBipolar disorders (BD) rank among the most disabling conditions, affecting millions worldwide. Cognitive impairment in BD is linked with brain changes and worse functional outcomes. Obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetSy) are overrepresented in BD and are associated with more pronounced brain structural and cognitive alterations in the general population. Here, we studied for the first time the contribution of metabolic dysfunction to both brain and cognitive alterations in BD.
methodsWe recruited 163 participants (76 individuals with BD, 87 controls). We used principal component analysis (PCA) to derive a composite measure of metabolic health from WHR, BMI, HOMA-IR, HbA1c, TGC, HDL, LDL, systolic, diastolic BP, and to derive a composite cognitive measure from the California Verbal Learning Test and Digit Span. Brain structure was indexed using machine-learning-predicted BrainAGE derived from T1-weighted MRI.
resultsObesity, hypertension, insulin resistance, and dyslipidemia contributed most strongly to variance in metabolic health in this sample. This MetSy-associated risk cluster predicted higher BrainAGE (
conclusionsMetSy, particularly obesity, was closely linked with brain/cognitive impairments in BD. While the need for metabolic monitoring should be informed by the diagnosis of BD, screening for MetSy can also help track brain health and cognitive functioning.
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