Table 3.

Arterial free fatty acid and β-hydroxybutyrate concentrations (μmol/l), net hepatic balances (μmol·kg⁻¹·min⁻¹), and hindlimb balances (μmol/min)

Group and parameter	Basal	Low Insulin	High Insulin
	Free Fatty Acids
Arterial plasma
NP	862 ± 74	547 ± 90	156 ± 32*
P	830 ± 65	592 ± 49	172 ± 27*
Net hepatic uptake
NP	2.8 ± 0.6	1.9 ± 0.7	0.4 ± 0.2*
P	2.6 ± 0.4	2.2 ± 0.5	0.4 ± 0.1*
Net hindlimb balance
NP	2.8 ± 4.3	−0.6 ± 2.2	−1.2 ± 0.9
P	0.5 ± 3.6	−0.7 ± 2.1	−0.6 ± 1.3
	β-Hydroxybutyrate
Arterial blood
NP	39 ± 13	29 ± 10	7 ± 2*
P	68 ± 19	29 ± 7*	5 ± 1*
Net hepatic output
NP	1.6 ± 0.7	1.2 ± 0.5	0.2 ± 0.1*
P	1.5 ± 0.3	0.7 ± 0.2*	0.1 ± 0.1*
Net hindlimb uptake
NP	2.1 ± 0.7	1.9 ± 0.6	0.6 ± 0.2*
P	2.7 ± 0.5	1.5 ± 0.4	0.0 ± 0.2*†

Values are means ± SE for the 3 time points during each period; n = 9 per group. Negative values for balance data indicate net uptake.

^*P < 0.05 vs. basal;

^†P < 0.05 vs. NP.