There was not a within-subject effect of time on log2 ghrelin in either group or at either visit (No-Stress Hypophagic MDD [z=−1.78, p = 0.075], No-Stress Hyperphagic MDD [z=−0.42, p = 0.674], Stress Hypophagic MDD [z=−1.22, p = 0.221], Stress Hyperphagic MDD [z=−1.26, p = 0.208]). This evidence concerns the gene GHRL and major depressive disorder.