Roland Dardennes, Virginie Tolle, Guillaume Lavoisy, Dominique Grouselle, Nebal Alanbar, Philibert Duriez, Philip Gorwood, Nicolas Ramoz, Jacques Epelbaum
OBJECTIVE: Predictive values of acute phase metabolic abnormalities of anorexia nervosa (AN) have seldom been studied. As early postrestoration weight loss is associated with poor outcome, discharge biologic parameters were assessed to detect an association with 2-month follow-up weight loss as a proxy to poor outcome. METHOD: Fasting plasma levels of leptin, acyl-ghrelin, obestatin, PYY, oxytocin and BDNF were measured in 26 inpatients, at inclusion, at discharge and 2 months later...
April 21, 2021: European Eating Disorders Review: the Journal of the Eating Disorders Association