Figure 6

Median, first and third quartile for IGF-1 by groups. Patient D5s sample day 3 is withdrawn in these figure since it is considered to be a false fasting sample (figure 2 - 4). Significant alteration (p < 0.05) tested by Friedman ANOVA during the study is marked *. Postoperative significant (p < 0.05) differences in IGF-1 between group B and the amino acid groups are marked C and D respectively. Significant (p < 0.05) difference between baseline and the first postoperative day is marked #.