[Neurotic symptoms in obese women]

In a group of 129 obese women with a body mass index (BMI) above 25 by means of questionnaire N5 the frequency and intensity of neurotic symptoms was examined. It was revealed that in the sub-group of 61 probands with pathological obesity (BMI above 30) both values were highly significantly higher (p less than 0.01) than in 68 women with simple obesity (BMI 25-30). Among ten most frequent neurotic symptoms in obese women above all depressive and vegetative symptoms predominated.