Gender Differences in Ghrelin Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Arab Population
Figure 4
Age and BMI adjusted geometric means of ghrelin level and their effect on waist to hip ratio. (a) Age and BMI adjusted ghrelin levels according to tertiles of waist to hip ratios ( < 0.88, 0.88 ≤ ≤ 0.94, and > 0.94) showing association between increasing waist to hip ratio and decreasing ghrelin level in males (-trend = 0.0334). (b) Age and BMI adjusted ghrelin levels according to tertiles of waist to hip ratios showing significant reduction in ghrelin level in subjects with higher waist to hip ratios in females (-trend = 0.0046).
