PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hodge, S J
AU  - Bunting, B P
AU  - Strain, J J
AU  - Stewart-Knox, B J
TI  - P2-289 Obesity and whole blood serotonin in healthy volunteers
AID  - 10.1136/jech.2011.142976k.22
DP  - 2011 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
PG  - A301--A302
VI  - 65
IP  - Suppl 1
4099  - http://jech.bmj.com/content/65/Suppl_1/A301.4.short
4100  - http://jech.bmj.com/content/65/Suppl_1/A301.4.full
SO  - J Epidemiol Community Health2011 Aug 01; 65
AB  - The aim of this study was to explore associations between fasting whole blood serotonin levels and anthropometric measures in healthy male and female volunteers (N=68) aged between 20 and 66 years. A fasting (20 ml) venous blood sample for whole blood serotonin was collected, after which body mass index and waist circumference (WC) were measured by DEXA (dual energy x-ray absorptiometry) scan. Data were analysed using the SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences v 17.0) software. Pearson (partial) correlations showed significant associations between whole blood serotonin and BMI (r=−0.284, p=0.021) and waist circumference (r=−0.325, p=0.008). The correlational nature of these analyses do not enable conclusions to be drawn as to cause and effect but suggest an interplay between obesity and lower whole blood serotonin levels.