Time course of adiponectin and its relationship to psychological aspects in patients with anorexia nervosa during inpatient treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The protein hormone adiponectin promotes metabolic and psychological health. The aim of the study was to track changes in adiponectin levels in response to weight gain and to assess associations between adiponectin and psychological aspects in patients with anorexia nervosa (AN).

Methods

To investigate if adiponectin levels depend on AN severity, data were assessed from 11 inpatients with a very low body mass index (BMI) and a high chronicity (high severity group; HSS), and nine with less severe symptoms (LSS). During the course of treatment, serum adiponectin concentrations were assessed on a weekly basis along with BMI. Psychological variables (i.e., depression, anxiety, stress, and AN-specific symptoms) were obtained by means of electronic diaries. Longitudinal

SUBMITTER: Buckert M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5738020 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature