Effects of acupuncture on leptin level and relative factors in the simple obesity Uigur patient / 中国针灸

ABSTRACT

<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>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.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>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.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The clinical total effective rate was 80.00%, and BMI, WHR, and the serum leptin level decreased (P < 0. 001).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Uigur patients of simple obesity possibly exist resistance of leptin and acupuncture can decrease the peripheral leptin content.</p>