Increased plasma asprosin levels in patients with drug-naive anorexia nervosa.

CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that the increase in plasma asprosin concentration in patients with AN may be a compensation for the body's energy shortage, and asprosin may be involved in the development of bulimia and lack of interoceptive awareness in AN patients.
LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level III, case-control analytic study.
PMID: 32026376 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Eating and weight disorders : EWD - February 4, 2020 Category: Eating Disorders & Weight Management Authors: Hu Y, Xu Y, Zheng Y, Kang Q, Lou Z, Liu Q, Chen H, Ji Y, Guo L, Chen C, Ruan L, Chen J Tags: Eat Weight Disord Source Type: research