The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery

Table 4 Correlation between the participants' plasma Ghrelin levels and scale scores

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

Before Ramadan
	Ghrelin	IS	PA	GSI	PSDI
Ghrelin
r	1	− 0.399	− 0.236	− 0.278	− 0.185
p		0.011	0.142	0.082	0.252
n	40	40	40	40	40
IS
r	− 0.399	1	0.706	0.804	0.736
p	0.011		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40
PA
r	− 0.236	0.706	1	0.818	0.492
p	0.142	< 0.001		< 0.001	0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40
GSI
r	− 0.278	0.804	0.818	1	0.66
p	0.082	< 0.001	< 0.001		< 0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40
PSDI
r	− 0.185	0.736	0.492	0.66	1
p	0.252	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40

After Ramadan
	Ghrelin	IS	PA	GSI	PSDI
Ghrelin
r	1	− 0.275	− 0.305	− 0.169	− 0.055
p		0.086	0.056	0.298	0.735
n	40	40	40	40	40
IS
r	− 0.275	1	0.719	0.79	0.58
p	0.086		< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40
PA
r	− 0.305	0.719	1	0.683	0.427
p	0.056	< 0.001		< 0.001	0.006
n	40	40	40	40	40
GSI
r	− 0.169	0.790	0.683	1	0.781
p	0.298	< 0.001	< 0.001		< 0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40
PSDI
r	− 0.055	0.580	0.427	0.781	1
p	0.735	< 0.001	0.006	< 0.001
n	40	40	40	40	40

IS interpersonal sensitivity, PA phobic anxiety, GSI general severity index, PSDI positive symptom distress index, p < 0.050

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