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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Dec 5;31(1):139–149. doi: 10.1002/oby.23584

Table 2.

Changes in plasma hormone concentrations after 24-h dietary interventions.

Diet Pre-diet Post-diet Absolute Change Percent Change p-value
24-h fasting
Total GLP-1 (pg/mL) 10.1±4.9 (0.9,26.7) 12.8±6.8 (1.7,36.6) 2.7±6.0 (–11.4,29.4) 26.5% (12.0%, 41.0%) p<0.001
Total PYY (pg/mL) 36.0±17.1 (7.7,107.5) 25.4±17.7 (2.3,95.5) −10.7±14.1 (−35.8,25.5) −29.6% (−39.7%, −19.5%) p<0.001
Insulin (μU/mL) 7.6±3.2 (3.3,17.3) 3.8±2.1 (0.1,10.0) −3.8±3.0 (−10.9,0.3) −50.4% (−64.1%, −36.7%) p<0.001
24-h High Carbohydrate Overfeeding
Total GLP-1 (pg/mL) 9.7±4.9 (2.1,24.7) 8.8±4.2 (1.1,22.7) −1.0±3.5 (−11.7,6.8) −9.9% (−19.0%, −0.8%) p=0.03
Total PYY (pg/mL) 32.1±15.2 (7.7,78.4) 38.6±21.6 (10.5,145.5) 6.5±16.4 (−29.5,67.1) 20.3% (7.2%, 33.3%) p=0.003
Insulin (μU/mL) 7.0±2.3 (3.9,11.7) 10.3±5.4 (5.0,26.3) 3.3±4.4 (−1.9,16.8) 46.7% (24.8%, 68.5%) p<0.001
24-h High Fat Overfeeding
Total GLP-1 (pg/mL) 9.8±7.2 (1.6,44.5) 11.0±6.1 (2.2,31.4) 1.2±4.6 (–13.7,16.6) 12.1% (0.2%, 24.1%) p=0.04
Total PYY (pg/mL) 32.3±13.0 (12.2,73.7) 38.8±19.8 (10.7,88.5) 6.4±13.8 (−20.6,41.4) 19.9% (8.8%, 31.1%) p=0.007
Insulin (μU/mL) 8.4±3.6 (3.7,16.2) 8.4±3.5 (3.6,17.0) −0.03±3.6 (−8.4,8.0) −0.4% (−16.1%, 15.2%) p=0.95
24-h Standard Overfeeding
Total GLP-1 (pg/mL) 9.1±3.9 (1.3,18.8) 9.7±5.7 (1.0,37.2) 0.7±4.2 (–5.3,22.5) 7.3% (−5.1%, 19.6%) p=0.24
Total PYY (pg/mL) 31.9±15.0 (2.9,71.8) 35.8±17.3 (5.3,76.7) 3.9±13.5 (−26.3,59.0) 12.3% (1.3%, 23.4%) p=0.29
Insulin (μU/mL) 7.7±3.5 (3.3,18.7) 11.0±5.5 (4.2,26.4) 3.3±3.3 (−2.7,10.2) 42.6% (26.2%, 59.1%) p<0.001

Data are presented as mean±SD (minimum, maximum), except for percentage changes that are reported as mean with 95% CI. Significant changes (p<0.05) by Student’s paired t-test are reported in bold.