Plasma levels of acylated ghrelin in patients with functional dyspepsia

Table 2 Postprandial distress syndrome and epigastric pain syndrome patient characteristics

	Postprandial distress syndrome (n = 13)	Epigastric pain syndrome (n = 9)	P value
Age (yr)	46 (23-59)	44 (37-58)	0.7131
Height (cm)	160 (154-175)	161 (150-168)	0.9461
Weight (kg)	54 (45 -70)	57 (47-62)	0.8411
Body mass index (kg/m2)	20.7 (17.63-27.34)	22.27 (18.44-26.22)	0.6401
Growth hormone (ng/mL)	0.41 (0.03 -9.16)	0.46 (0.01-14.72)	0.4041
Insulin (μIU/mL)	8.99 (4.12-14.38)	7.88 (4.00-13.80)	0.6641
Fasting blood sugar (mg/dL)	92 (81-107)	86 (70-95)	0.1141
Helicobacter pylori infection rate (%)	53.8 (7/13)	11.1 (1/9)	0.0742
Fasting plasma levels of acylated ghrelin (pg/mL)	58.31 (30.53-139.12)	49.79 (25.56-95.14)	0.4431
Postprandial plasma levels of acylated ghrelin (pg/mL)	35.66 (19.61-112.25)	32.78 (12.35-141.16)	0.6161

¹Analysis by Mann-Whitney U test;

²Analysis by Fisher’s exact test.