Body Mass Index and Height in Friedreich Ataxia What Do We Know?

Sylvia M. Boesch, Elisabetta Indelicato; Neurol Genet Dec 2021, 7 (6) e637; DOI: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000637 

In this issue of Neurology® Genetics, members of the Friedreich Ataxia Clinical Outcome Measure Study (FACOMS) present a first large study that aimed to investigate cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between demographic, genetic, and clinical factors and anthropometric outcomes such as height and body mass index (BMI) in FRDA.4 The authors reported on 961 FRDA participants from 12 centers in the United States and Australia with a median age at baseline of 20 years, and 49% (n = 475) patients were female.