[Effect of acupuncture on plasma peptide YY in the patient of simple obesity].
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.
Xu
Bin
B
Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Nanjing University of TCM, Jiangsu 210029, China. xuuuux@sina.com
Yuan
Jin-hong
JH
Liu
Zhi-cheng
ZC
Chen
Mei
M
Wang
Xin-jun
XJ
D015992:Body Mass Index; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D007333:Insulin Resistance; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy; D019894:Peptide YY
D007328:Insulin; D019894:Peptide YY