The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 3 Participants’ Leptin, Ghrelin, NPY and GH levels

From: The effect of Ramadan fasting on mental health and some hormonal levels in healthy males

	Before Ramadan	After Ramadan	p
	Median (min–max)		p
Leptin	3.120 (0.166–12.399)	3.836 (0.180–11.850)	0.085
Ghrelin	2.943 (0.313–9.602)	3.510 (0.010–9.77)	< 0.001*
NPY	662.468 (0.001–2521)	698.909 (77.540–251.000)	0.220
GH	0.082 (0.020–0.649)	0.086 (0.020–0.380)	0.751

Wilcokson signed rank test was performed for the analysis of variables. NPY Neuropeptide-Y, GH growth hormone. All values except NPY were expressed as ng/mL. NPY value was expressed as ng/L. *Indicates significance, p < 0.050

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