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Abstract #3475

The relation of brain matter volume and myo-inositol to gamma-glutamyltransferase and BMI in patients with alcohol dependence and healthy control subjects

Gabriele Ende 1 , Markus Sack 1 , Julia van Eijk 1 , Traute Demirakca 2 , Wofgang Weber-Fahr 2 , Derik Hermann 3 , Ulrich Frischknecht 4 , and Karl Mann 3

1 NeuroImaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany, 2 NeuroImaging, Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany, 3 Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany, 4 Addictive Behaviour and Addiction Medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Germany

MRI and MRS data of 38 alcohol dependent patients on the first day of withdrawal and 41 healthy controls were analyzed regarding their relation to gamma-glutamyltransferase (gGT) and the body mass index (BMI). Our BMI findings corroborate recent reports on GM volume and BMI: BMI correlates negatively with brain volume in healthy controls but shows a positive correlation in alcohol dependent patients.We further find a negative correlation of gGT with GM and a positive correlation with mI in both groups. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of a positive correlation of mI with gGT.

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