CellWell record HH-318692
Children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders have high relative leptin levels upon adjustment for sex, BMI, and pubertal status
Nicola Albers; Jochen Antel; Manuel Föcker; Lars Libuda; Judith Bühlmeier; Raphael Hirtz; Jochen Seitz; Anke Hinney; Johannes Hebebrand; Triinu Peters
2026
In plain language
In 363 children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders, BMI-, sex- and puberty-adjusted leptin levels were higher than in healthy reference children, but leptin was not associated with depressive or anxiety symptoms.
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