Higher fasting ghrelin serum levels in active smokers than in former and never-smokers.
Conclusions: This study provides evidence that total ghrelin serum levels are positively associated with active smoking. No association was found for former smokers. A unique feature of the study is the large sample size.
PMID: 31552785 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Wittekind DA, Kratzsch J, Mergl R, Enzenbach C, Witte V, Villringer A, Kluge M Tags: World J Biol Psychiatry Source Type: research