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. 2025 Jan 17;15:2340. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-86596-6

Table 2.

Glucose metabolic profile in the plasma.

Glucose
(mmol/L)
Insulin
(mU/L)
HOMA-IR HOMA-β Glucagon
(pg/ml)
NC 10.00Inline graphic0.53a 27.88Inline graphic0.33a 12.93 ± 2.42a 76.44 ± 11.22a 24.26Inline graphic8.75a
MC 12.15Inline graphic1.45b 19.90Inline graphic0.49b 10.42 ± 1.81a 45.07 ± 5.66b 81.44Inline graphic12.18b
Male LP 9.75Inline graphic1.30a 16.22Inline graphic0.64c 7.32 ± 1.38b 55.30 ± 10.30ab 52.56Inline graphic8.48c
NP 10.33Inline graphic0.93a 24.19Inline graphic0.69d 10.79 ± 0.64a 70.29 ± 12.07a 56.05Inline graphic8.47c
HP 9.93Inline graphic1.12a 23.08Inline graphic0.83d 11.43 ± 2.41a 65.54 ± 22.41ab 57.21Inline graphic16.58c
NC 7.76Inline graphic1.17a 20.76Inline graphic1.12a 7.14 ± 0.96a 106.89 ± 44.07a 30.54Inline graphic2.34a
MC 8.47Inline graphic1.41a 15.74Inline graphic1.21b 5.88 ± 0.70b 62.66 ± 19.85b 60.41Inline graphic9.21b
Female LP 7.37Inline graphic1.28a 16.59Inline graphic0.86b 5.42 ± 0.90b 96.32 ± 39.68ab 40.84Inline graphic7.27a, c
NP 7.35Inline graphic0.59a 21.48Inline graphic1.39a 7.03 ± 0.86a 113.60 ± 17.15a 49.45Inline graphic7.41c, d
HP 8.13Inline graphic0.58a 21.02Inline graphic1.11a 7.59 ± 0.59a 91.96 ± 12.88ab 55.63Inline graphic10.18d

NC: normal control group, MC: model control group, LP: calorie-restricted low protein group, NP: calorie-restricted normal protein group, HP: calorie-restricted high protein group. Values are the mean ± SD. Mean values of the same sex within a column with different superscript letters (a, b, c, d) were significantly different (P < 0.05).