Changes of ghrelin following oral glucose tolerance test in obese children with insulin resistance

Table 3 Glucose, insulin and ghrelin level after OGTT in obese children

Group	Parameters	0 min	30 min	60 min	120 min
BT-I	Glucose-mmol/L
	Mean	4.8	6.6	6.4a	5.7ce
	95% CI	4.6-5.1	5.8-7.4a	5.1-7.6	4.2-7.2
	Insulin-mIU/L
	Mean	21.9	97.9a	135.3a	103.3ce
	95% CI	3.9-40.0	21.5-174.3	14.0-284.4	57.1-263.6
	Ghrelin-pg/mL
	Mean	1009.6	505.2	353.3a	360.6
	95% CI	241.4-1777.7	90.1-920.3	65.1-771.6	49-770.3
BT-II	Glucose-mmol/L
	Mean	5.1	8.0a	7.5a	4.3ce
	95% CI	4.7-5.3	7.2-8.9	6.3-8.6	3.8-4.8
	Insulin-mIU/L
	Mean	16.6	114.2a	85.9a	14.1ce
	95% CI	6.6-26.7	65.6-152.8	32.8-139.0	9.9-18.4
	Ghrelin-pg/mL
	Mean	244.5	192.6	230.9	154.9
	95% CI	165.7-323.3	148.2-231.7	93.1-368.6	169.6-213.9
GT-I	Glucose-mmol/L
	Mean	5.4	6.1	5.9	6.4
	95% CI	4.5-6.3	5.1-7.1	4.8-7.1	4.6-8.1
	Insulin-mIU/L
	Mean	26.4	62.1	55.9	32.5
	95% CI	14.7-67.6	14.7-138.9	21.2-133.1	4.0-68.9
	ghrelin-pg/mL
	Mean	412.9	252.3	310	266.2
	95% CI	134.8-691.1	77.9-392.8	132.5-487.6	55.4-476.9
GT-II	Glucose-mmol/L
	Mean	4.7	7.6	7.1	5.2ce
	95% CI	4.3-5.1	6.5-8.7a	5.7-8.5a	3.4-7.0
	Insulin-mIU/L
	Mean	21.7	109.4a	81.3	24.6c
	95% CI	17.3-26.1	28.1-190.8	9.5-153.2	18.9-30.3
	Ghrelin-pg/mL
	Mean	222	309.4	316.9	202.2
	95% CI	85.1-359.0	96.1-714.8	109.4-524.4	21.8-392.7

^aP < 0.05 vs 0 min in the same group;

^cP < 0.05 vs 30 min;

^eP < 0.05 vs 60 min.