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. 2005 Dec;54(12):1693–1698. doi: 10.1136/gut.2005.069088

Table 3.

 Plasma growth hormone (GH) levels with saline and ghrelin infusions at 0, 90, 120, and 180 minutes

Treatment GH (pmol/l)
0 min (infusion starts) 90 min 120 min 180 min
Saline 1.6 (1.3) 6.9 (5) 2.5 (1.8) 1.5 (0.8)
Ghrelin 3.5 (2.7) 70.9 (19.8) 45.4 (13) 10.6 (3.4)
p Value 0.18 0.008 0.005 0.02