Table 4.

The correlation of baseline ghrelin levels with some baseline indexes involved in glucose homeostasis

Group	Vs	Vs	Vs	Vs	Vs	Vs	Vs
	FBG	FINS	FBG/FINS	HOMA-IAI	IR	IS	BMI
	r (P)	r (P)	r (P)	r (P)	r (P)	r (P)	r (P)
BT-I	0.898	0.488	0.35	0.297	0.552	0.435	0.737
	(0.015)a	(0.326)	(0.947)	(0.568)	(0.269)	(0.338)	(0.095)
BT-II	0.045	0.1	0.929	0.896	0.772	0.85	0.672
	(0.859)	(0.693)	(0.007)a	(0.016)a	(0.072)	(0.032)a	(0.114)
GT-I	0.074	0.194	0.25	0.027	0.206	0.018	0.065
	(0.889)	(0.062)	(0.633)	(0.959)	(0.296)	(0.973)	(0.903)
GT-II	0.135	0.551	0.668	0.466	0.419	0.301	0.557
	(0.829)	(0.336)	(0.218)	(0.299)	(0.482)	(0.622)	(0.330)

^aP < 0.05.