Influence of Running and Walking on Hormonal Regulators of Appetite in Women

Table 4

Effect of exercise on AUC values for hormones and metabolites. Results for both positive and negative AUC are presented.

Hormone/	Runners				Walkers
metabolite	Exercise*	Rest*	Exercise effect^†	𝑃 value	Exercise*	Rest*	Exercise effect^†	𝑃 value
Ghrelin
(+) area	20641±16238	6322±6450	14319 (340, 28298)	0.05	18157±26247	6863±9390	11294 (−10486, 33075)	0.27
(−) area	5672±16471	3908±7977	1764 (−12808, 16336)	0.79	6839±8708	24574±32687	−17734 (−44816, 9348)	0.17
Ghrelinacyl
(+) area	6246±4933	700±584	5546 (1822, 9271)	0.01	2067±2437	1345±1575	723 (−833, 2279)	0.32
(−) area	105±183	1688±2184	−1583 (−3172, 6)	0.05	813±1671	946±1283	−133 (−1297, 1031)	0.80
PYY
(+) area	1796±2667	59±92	1737 (−290, 3764)	0.08	90±163	1073±2325	−983 (−2686, 719)	0.22
(−) area	2575±2306	4211±3103	−1635 (−4678, 1407)	0.25	6912±6575	2415±1483	4497 (−502, 9496)	0.07
GLP-1
(+) area	1114±926	693±691	421 (−313, 1155)	0.22	556±650	656±618	−181 (−851, 488)	0.54
(−) area	802±789	941±1154	−139 (−1273, 995)	0.78	1957±2058	1447±3459	1658 (4, 3311)	0.05

*Mean ± SD of AUC.
^†Difference in means (95% confidence interval) from paired t-test.