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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Horm Behav. 2011 Feb 17;59(4):512–519. doi: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.01.013

Table 1.

Changes in body mass 2 hours after injections of saline or ghrelin

Treatment Spring Summer Autumn Winter
Saline 1.11 ± 0.23 −2.96 ± 0.34 0.50 ± 0.59 0 ± 0
Ghrelin 2.52 ± 0.92 −0.89 ± 0.47* 3.01 ± 1.17* 0.33 ± 0.18
P value 0.07 0.006 0.05 0.06

Mean change in body mass per group ± SEM 2 hours post injection. Positive numbers indicate mass gain, and negative numbers indicate mass loss.

*

Differences between treatments by season are considered significant at p ≤ 0.05.