James Henry

HONOLULU -- An MRI study of young, otherwise healthy individuals with type 1 diabetes has revealed significant cerebral atrophy that may underlie cognitive deficits, Dr. Richard K.T. Chan reported at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Nearly 90% of individuals with type 1 diabetes in the study had brain-volume scores lower than the 50th percentile of nondiabetic subjects, according to interim results from 26 diabetic and 24 nondiabetic subjects. Despite the relatively small number of subjects, the brain-volume difference proved to be highly statistically significant.