Table 3.
Systemic Concentrations of Secreted Peptides Regulating Energy Homeostasis during Thermoneutral (TN) and Cold Exposure (CE) Conditions and Their Change Between The Two Conditions.
Parameters | TN | CE | Paired Change |
p-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ghrelin (pg/ml) | 38.0 ± 42.2 | 27.7 ± 26.2 | −10.3 ± 30.1 | 0.165 |
Gastric Inhibitory Polypeptide (pg/ml) | 33.0 ± 25.0 | 35.5 ± 24.1 | −2.5 ± 18.4 | 0.571 |
Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (pg/ml) | 15.6 ± 12.6 | 17.7 ± 17.2 | 2.1 ± 10.6 | 0.420 |
Glucagon (pg/ml) | 42.2 ± 28.3 | 34.5 ± 26.6 | −7.7 ± 12.8 | 0.020 |
Leptin (pg/ml) | 8379 ± 5153 | 6580 ± 4289 | −1799 ± 2280 | 0.004 |
Pancreatic Polypeptide (pg/ml) | 67.2 ± 63.9 | 55.5 ± 44.6 | −11.7 ± 62.3 | 0.436 |
Peptide YY (pg/ml) | 65.4 ± 51.2 | 55.5 ± 40.6 | −10.0 ± 22.9 | 0.101 |
Insulin (µU/ml) | 5.1 ± 3.8 | 4.7 ± 2.7 | −0.8 ± 2.4 | 0.359 |
Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Absolute values represent the serum concentrations in the 5 h CE and TN metabolic studies.