Social anxiety, depression and self-esteem in obese adolescent girls with acanthosis nigricans.

CONCLUSION: Higher SES scores (low self-esteem status) were determined in obese adolescents with acanthosis and were related to hyperandrogenism. This study also showed that a high testosterone level may be one of the important indicators of low self-esteem status in obese girls with AN. PMID: 25800478 [PubMed - in process]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25800478?dopt=Abstract

Source: JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology - June 4, 2015 Category: Endocrinology Tags: J Clin Res Pediatr Endocrinol Source Type: research