title: Body mass index influences plasma concentration of neuropeptide Y in healthy female volunteers: a pilot study.
abstract: Neuropeptide Y (NPY) was measured in plasma obtained from healthy female volunteers twice in the natural menstrual cycle or the hormonal cycle caused by oral contraceptives about 2 weeks apart. The ratio between the NPY plasma concentration in the second sample and the first sample was influenced negatively by body mass index (BMI). There were no differences in NPY plasma concentrations on comparing the first and second samples. Age and the use or non-use of oral contraceptives did not exert any influence. BMI might be a confounding factor when determining NPY in the plasma of healthy women.
authors.affiliation: Division of Psychiatry, Department of Neuroscience and Locomotion, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, S-581 85 Linköping, Sweden.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pohl
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nordin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009478:Neuropeptide Y / Q000097:blood*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D009478:Neuropeptide Y