Figure 1.

Fasting (light grey bars) and postprandial (dark grey bars) plasma ghrelin concentrations (mean ± SEM) 45 minutes following the start of a test meal in 17 coronary artery bypass grafting patients (CABG) and matched controls, + p < 0.05 fasting postop versus fasting preop & controls, fasting follow-up versus fasting preop & controls ; * p < 0.05 Δ change postop & follow-up versus preop & controls (ANOVA).