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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Nov 1;290(4):E622–E630. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00274.2005

Table 5.

Plasma glucose, insulin, and cortisol

1.5 to 3.0 g·kg-1·day-1
 3.0 to 1.5 g·kg-1·day-1
Short Study (n = 7) Extended Study (n = 5) Short Study (n = 5) Extended Study (n = 5)
AA load, g·kg-1·day-1 1.5 (19 h) 3.0 (5 h) 1.5 (24 h) 3.0 (24 h) 3.0 (19 h) 1.5 (5 h) 3.0 (24 h) 1.5 (24 h)
Glucose, mg/dl 83±27 75±20 99±40 86±31 67±8 67±12 60±3 65±9
Insulin, μU/ml 4.9±2.0 7.8±5.6 7.4±3.7 11.5±5.4 10.2±6.1 9.8±5.4 7.1±3.9 5.3±2.6
Cortisol, μg/dl 8.8±3.6 10.8±3.8 12.7±7.0 15.4±8.2 11.5±4.0 11.5±3.7 9.8±4.4 11.1±3.9

Data presented are means ± SD. There was no statistical difference between any observed variable by Student’s t-test for paired data.