Plasma levels of acylated ghrelin in patients with functional dyspepsia

Figure 1 Plasma acylated ghrelin levels before and after a meal in healthy volunteers (A) and in patients with functional dyspepsia (B). Bars represent the median values. Note that two patients with functional dyspepsia (*) showed a paradoxical increase in postprandial plasma acylated ghrelin levels.

Figure 2 Relationship between plasma acylated ghrelin levels and dyspeptic symptoms in patients with functional dyspepsia. A: There was a negative correlation between fasting acylated ghrelin levels and epigastric pain scores (r = -0.427, P = 0.047); B: There was a positive correlation between the postprandial/fasting acylated ghrelin ratio and early satiety scores (r = 0.428, P = 0.047).

Figure 3 Relationship between fasting plasma acylated ghrelin levels and electrogastrographic parameters. There was a negative correlation between fasting plasma acylated ghrelin levels and fasting normogastria (%) (r = -0.522, P = 0.013).