Table 2.

Comparison of serum nesfatin-1, leptin, orexin-A and total ghrelin levels of the patient group before treatment and control group

Group	Before treatment (N=32)	Control (N=32)	p	Cohen’s d	Glass’s delta
Nesfatin-1 (mmol/L)	5.68±5.56	16.12±6.37	<0.001	1.74†	1.87
Leptin (ng/mL)	10.24±11.67	49.21±29.32	<0.001	1.74	3.33*
Orexin-A (ng/L)	571.95±408.22	1,180.64±441.42	<0.001	1.43†	1.49
Ghrelin (pg/mL)	1,024.86±1,186.02	6,991.25±6,197.72	<0.001	1.33	5.03*

Values are presented as mean±standard deviation (SD). Student’s t-test was used for statistical analysis;

^*this value can be taken into account as the SDs are not similar;

^†this value can be taken into account as the SDs are similar