Appetite Sensations, Appetite Signaling Proteins, and Glucose in Obese Adolescents with Subclinical Binge Eating Disorder

Table 1

Participant characteristics of the study population.

	Obese adolescents without BE; (𝑛=9)	Obese adolescents with BE; (𝑛=6)
Age (years)	13.7±0.7	14.5±0.8
Sex	6 M/3 F	1 M/5 F
Weight (kg)	99.8±7.7	104.3±6.8
Height (cm)	165.6±3.0	164.7±3.5
BMI (kg/m^2)	35.9±2.2	38.5±3.0
Waist circumference (cm)	112.9±3.6	118.0±5.2
Fat mass (kg)	41.9±7.0	53.7±7.8
Fat %	41.8±3.8	50.8±4.2
Fasting VAS hunger^a (mm)	65.6±12.1	87.2±12.1
Fasting VAS full^a (mm)	30.5±11.6	28.2±11.6
Fasting ghrelin^b (pg/mL)	178.2±20.3	202.0±22.2
Fasting PYY^b (pg/mL)	74.9±16.0	104.6±17.5
Fasting glucose^b (mmol/L)	4.9±0.3	4.9±0.3

BE: subclinical binge eating disorder; BMI: body mass index; VAS: visual analog scale; PYY: peptide YY.
Effect size: fasting hunger (𝑑=0.799), fasting satiety (𝑑=0.089), ghrelin (𝑑=0.479), and PYY (𝑑=0.758).
^a𝑛=6 (non-BE) after adjusting for sex and body fat mass.
^b𝑛=7 (non-BE) after adjusting for sex and body fat mass.