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Table. 3. Table 3

Correlations between HOMA-IR and desacyl ghrelin, acyl ghrelin, and GOAT levels

	HOMA-IR	Desacyl ghrelin	Acyl ghrelin	Total ghrelin	GOAT
HOMA-IR	1	-0.271^*	-0.017	-0.271^*	0.041
Desacyl ghrelin			0.050	0.981^†	0.023
Acyl ghrelin				0.213	-0.083
Total ghrelin					-0.011
GOAT					1

P values were determined using the using Spearman correlation coefficients.

P<0.05;

†

P<0.01.

HOMA-IR, homeostatic model assessment-insulin resistance index; GOAT, ghrelin O-acyltransferase.