[Effects of acupuncture on leptin level and relative factors in the simple obesity Uigur patient].
OBJECTIVE
To observe effects of acupuncture on BMI, WHR and serum levels of leptin and neuropeptide Y in simple obesity Uigur patients to research the mechanism of acupuncture in slimming.


METHODS
Thirty simple obesity Uigur patients were treated with body acupuncture combined with electroacupuncture. Two courses later, their therapeutic effects were observed. And the above indexes were determined before and after treatment.


RESULTS
The clinical total effective rate was 80.00%, and BMI, WHR, and the serum leptin level decreased (P < 0. 001).


CONCLUSIONS
Uigur patients of simple obesity possibly exist resistance of leptin and acupuncture can decrease the peripheral leptin content.
Wang
Li-li
LL
Urumchi Hospital of TCM, Xinjiang 830000, China. wanglili1975@163.com
Yin
Gai-zhen
GZ
D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D015671:Electroacupuncture; D006801:Humans; D020738:Leptin / Q000097:blood; D009478:Neuropeptide Y; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy
D020738:Leptin; D009478:Neuropeptide Y