Changes in Plasma Ghrelin and Serum Leptin Levels after Cisplatin-Based Transcatheter Arterial Infusion Chemotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Table 2

The levels of plasma acylated ghrelin, desacyl ghrelin, total ghrelin, and A/D ratios before and after chemotherapy.

	Acylated ghrelin	Desacyl ghrelin	Total ghrelin	A/D ratio
Before	10.4 ± 7.2	183.7 ± 213.8	180.4 ± 212.4	0.08 ± 0.06
Day 1	4.7 ± 4.7*	119.3 ± 170.1	127.1 ± 167.4	0.11 ± 0.10
Day 7	11.7 ± 8.9	137.2 ± 152.4	125.1 ± 147.1	0.12 ± 0.08
Day 14	9.3 ± 6.6	143.3 ± 162.1	141.8 ± 163.9	0.11 ± 0.02

^∗𝑃<0.05. Wilcoxon signed rank test compared with prechemotherapy. A/D ratio: ratio of acylated/desacyl ghrelin.