Plasma levels of acylated ghrelin in patients with functional dyspepsia

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World Journal of Gastroenterology

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World J Gastroenterol. May 14, 2012; 18(18): 2231-2237
Published online May 14, 2012. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v18.i18.2231

Table 1 Baseline subject characteristics

	Healthy volunteers (n = 12)	Patients with functional dyspepsia (n = 22)	P value
Age (yr)	24 (23-34)	46 (23-59)	0.000¹
Height (cm)	162 (154-167)	160 (150-175)	0.435¹
Weight (kg)	52.8 (44-58)	55 (45-70)	0.170¹
Body mass index (kg/m²)	20.2 (18.1-22.9)	21.2 (17.6-27.3)	0.135¹
Growth hormone (ng/mL)	0.8 (0.1-3.3)	0.4 (0.01-14.7)	0.339¹
Insulin (μIU/mL)	8.3 (2.3-14.6)	8.3 (4.0-14.4)	0.639¹
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)	82 (72-97)	88.5 (70-107)	0.026¹
Helicobacter pylori infection rate (%)	66.7 (8/12)	36.4 (8/22)	0.151²

¹Analysis by Mann-Whitney U test;

²Analysis by Fisher’s exact test.

Citation: Kim YS, Lee JS, Lee TH, Cho JY, Kim JO, Kim WJ, Kim HG, Jeon SR, Jeong HS. Plasma levels of acylated ghrelin in patients with functional dyspepsia. World J Gastroenterol 2012; 18(18): 2231-2237
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v18/i18/2231.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v18.i18.2231