title: [Effect of acupuncture on plasma peptide YY in the patient of simple obesity].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe changes of plasma peptide YY (PYY) in acupuncture for slimming.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-four cases of simple obesity were treated with acupuncture for 3 courses. Body mass index (BMI), and fat percent (F%), and insulin, PYY, blood fat, and blood sugar levels before and after treatment were determined, with 20 normal persons used as controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The clinical total effective rate was 88.23%. Acupuncture could increase the decreased insulin sensitive index and PYY level (both P < 0.01), with no correlativity between them (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Regulation of PYY is possibly one of the mechanisms of acupuncture in slimming, but the relation of PPY with insulin resistance remains to be studied.
authors.affiliation: Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Nanjing University of TCM, Jiangsu 210029, China. xuuuux@sina.com
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Jin-hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yuan
authors.forename: Zhi-cheng
authors.initials: ZC
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Mei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xin-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy; D019894:Peptide YY
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin; D019894:Peptide YY