Table 2.

Concentrations of AEA (pmols/mL), 2-AG (pmols/ml), PEA (pmols/mL), OEA (pmols/mL), and PREG (ng/mL) before each meal and 60 minutes later, and 120 minutes after starting dinner

	B0	B60	L0	L60	D0	D60	D120
AEAa	0.77 + 0.33c,d,e,f,g,h	0.56 + 0.20b,f,g,h	0.56 + 0.24b,f,g,h	0.56 + 0.24b,f,g,h	0.45 + 0.16b,c,d,e	0.47 + 0.19b,c,d,e,h	0.41 + 0.13b,c,d,e,g
2-AGa	3.65 + 2.25c,e,g,h	7.51 + 5.87b,c,f	3.88 + 2.22c,e,g,h	9.11 + 5.07b,d,e	3.42 + 1.91c,e,f,g	7.91 + 4.08b,d,f	8.31 + 5.80b,d,f
PEAa	6.47 + 1.72d,e,f,g,h	5.89 + 1.76h	5.62 + 1.54b,h	5.55 + 1.38b,h	5.57 + 2.08b,h	5.38 + 1.37b,h	4.74 + 1.00b,c,d,e,f,g
OEAa	5.23 + 1.66c,d,e,f,g,h	4.40 + 1.50b,e,f,g,h	4.00 + 1.56b,f,h	3.86 + 1.26b,c,h	3.38 + 1.04b,c,d,h	3.46 + 1.36b,c,h	2.80 + 0.73b,c,d,e,f,g
PREGa	0.98 + 0.42d,e,f,g,h	0.90 + 0.52d,e,f,g,h	0.66 + 0.28b,c,d,f,g,h	0.74 + 0.33b,c,f,g,h	0.56 + 0.24b,c,d,e,g,h	0.51 + 0.23b,c,d,e,f,h	0.46 + 0.18b,c,d,e,f,g

B0, L0, D0: before breakfast, lunch, dinner; B60, L60, D60, D120: 60, respectively, 120 minutes after the start of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Abbreviations: 2-AG, 2-arachidonoylglycerol; AEA, arachidonoylethanolamide; OEA, oleoylethanolamide; PEA, palmitoyethanolamide; PREG, pregnenolone.

^aSignificant time interaction P less than .001 assessed with repeated-measures analysis of variance.

^bSignificantly different from B0.

^cSignificantly different from B60.

^dSignificantly different from L0.

^eSignificantly different from L60.

fSignificantly different from D0.

^gSignificantly different from D60

^hSignificantly different from D120