Fig. 2. Terror-associated stressor exposure elevates acyl-ghrelin in adolescent human subjects.

Venous blood samples were collected from adolescent subjects who were either injured or lost a loved one in a terror attack (Traumatized group; average of 4.49 ± 0.24 years between the attack and sample collection; n = 49) or adolescent subjects who had never been injured or lost a loved one in a terror attack (Control group; n = 39). Black bars indicated non-transformed mean values. Gray open circles indicate log-transformed mean values. All values are ± SEM. ***p < 0.001 in a post-hoc comparison of the log-transformed values