Abstract
The treatment of 36 patients suffering exogenous constitutional obesity (ECO) with sibutramine during 12 weeks resulted in the substantial reduction of body weight, waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR). Simultaneously, the total cholesterol level in the blood decreased. The reduction in the body weight had positive effect on carbohydrate metabolism. Medicamental treatment of obesity caused a drop in systolic arterial pressure and a substantial change in the body composition. Specifically, percentage of both total and visceral fat as well as basal metabolism decreased, water retention in the body increased while the muscular mass remained unaltered. It is concluded that the introduction of Sibutramine into the combined treatment of exogenous constitutional obesity effectively promotes the reduction of the body weight, improvement of the body composition and metabolic characteristics.
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