Table 1.
Demographic and baseline characteristics
Variable |
Experiment 1 |
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Placebo | GLP-1 | Yohimbine | GLP-1 + Yohimbine | l-NMMA | GLP-1 + l-NMMA | |
n | 8 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 9 |
Age, yr | 34±5 | 34±3 | 37±3 | 29±3 | 33±4 | 28±3 |
Sex, % female | 75 | 86 | 57 | 70 | 86 | 67 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 26±2 | 27±2 | 26±2 | 27±2 | 27±2 | 27±1 |
Serum glucose, mg/dl | 87±2 | 88±2 | 88±2 | 89±2 | 90±5 | 88±2 |
NE level, pg/ml | 214±31 | 177±33 | 266±77 | 176±35 | 167±17 | 171±25 |
DHPG level, pg/ml | 1578±266 | 1514±206 | 1732±168 | 1430±79 | 1857±128 | 1830±231 |
All values except sex are actual means ± SE. BMI, body mass index; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide; L-NMMA, NG-monomethyl-L-arginine acetate; NE, norepinephrine; DHPG, dihydroxyphenylglycol.