evaluation of the relationship between ghrelin hormone level and some anthropometric variables in women referring to imam reza hospital, tehran, iran

Background: ghrelin is secreted by gastric cells to stimulate hunger. objectives: the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the serum concentration of ghrelin and some anthropometric variables. methods: this descriptive cross-sectional study was performed on 90 healthy women. the serum ghrelin level was measured by elisa method and data were statistically analyzed by pearson analysis. results: there was a significant correlation between the ghrelin level and age (r = -0.3; p = 0.000), body weight (r = -0.2; p = 0.03), bmi (r = -0.4; p = 0.001), and height to wrist ratio (r = 0.3; p = 0.004). nevertheless, there was no significant correlation between ghrelin level and central obesity. conclusions: it seems that serum ghrelin level is associated with height to wrist ratio in healthy women.