Abstract
Fifteen patients with bulimia (DSM-III) and 22 patients with anorexia nervosa (10 "restricters" and 12 "vomiters") were compared with 24 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. Serial blood samples were collected between 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. with patients in supine and standing positions. Elevated blood values of β-hydroxybutyric acid and free fatty acids were observed in the majority of patients with bulimia and anorexia nervosa. These data indicate that many patients with bulimia showed the metabolic signs of starvation at the time of the study, a finding supported by the symptoms of endocrine adaptation to starvation, namely low triiodothyronine and a decreased noradrenalin response to an orthostatic test in many of these patients.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | Psychiatry Research |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 33-39 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISSN | 0165-1781 |
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| Publication status | Published - 05.1985 |
Funding
Acknowledgment. The excellent technical assistanceo fG . Kohl. U. Genning. and U. Haas is gratefully acknowledged. The authors thank the medical and nursing staff of the Max-Planch-lnstitut fi;r Psychiatric and the Psychosomatische Klinik Windach who made these studies possible. .lorg Pahl. M.D.. has a fellowship from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation).
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
Research Areas and Centers
- Academic Focus: Center for Brain, Behavior and Metabolism (CBBM)
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