Table 2.

Variations of serum glucose and insulin concentrations during intravenous glucose tolerance test in the fetal hypothyroid (FH) and control groups

	Control		FH
	Male	Female	Male	Female
AUC for glucose (mmol min−1 L−1)	446.4 ± 9.7‡	478.1 ± 7.0	486.4 ± 8.8	455.9 ± 8.5‡
AUC for insulin (pmol min−1 L−1)	18740 ± 2063	16818 ± 12	14513 ± 1821*,†	20775 ± 751
HOMA-IR	2.3 ± 0.2†	2.4 ± 0.3	2.8 ± 0.1	2.1 ± 0.3

Values are mean ± SEM

AUC area under the curve, HOMA-IR homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistant, FH fetal hypothyroid

* p < 0.05, Statistically significant differences between different sex

^† p < 0.05, ^‡ p < 0.01 statistically significant differences between different treatments (FH and controls)