Christopher Hübel, Zeynep Yilmaz, Katherine E Schaumberg, Lauren Breithaupt, Avina Hunjan, Eleanor Horne, Judit García-González, Paul F O'Reilly, Cynthia M Bulik, Gerome Breen
OBJECTIVE: Clinically, anorexia nervosa (AN) presents with altered body composition. We quantified these alterations and evaluated their relationships with metabolites and hormones in patients with AN longitudinally. METHOD: In accordance with PRISMA guidelines, we conducted 94 meta-analyses on 62 samples published during 1996-2019, comparing up to 2,319 pretreatment, posttreatment, and weight-recovered female patients with AN with up to 1,879 controls. Primary outcomes were fat mass, fat-free mass, body fat percentage, and their regional distribution...
November 2019: International Journal of Eating Disorders