. 2009 Feb 17;58(5):1237–1244. doi: 10.2337/db08-1557

TABLE 1.

Cognitive test scores during euglycemia and hypoglycemia with medium-chain triglycerides or placebo ingestion

Cognitive test	Medium-chain triglycerides euglycemia (∼5.5 mmol · l⁻¹ · l⁻¹)	Medium-chain triglycerides hypoglycemia (∼2.8 mmol · l⁻¹ · l⁻¹)	Placebo euglycemia (∼5.5 mmol · l⁻¹ · l⁻¹)	Placebo hypoglycemia (∼2.8 mmol · l⁻¹ · l⁻¹)
Immediate verbal memory	15.85 ± 0.66	14.97 ± 1.13^*	17.36 ± 1.03	13.28 ± 1.04^†
Delayed verbal memory	14.82 ± 1.25	14.80 ± 1.31^*	15.33 ± 1.40	11.58 ± 0.71^†
Verbal memory recognition	13.19 ± 0.53	13.29 ± 0.50^*	14.27 ± 0.23	12.14 ± 0.19^†
Digit span backwards	0.60 ± 0.05	0.58 ± 0.05	0.64 ± 0.05	0.54 ± 0.05^†
Letter/number sequencing	12.04 ± 0.81	10.97 ± 0.76	11.07 ± 0.85	9.92 ± 0.71
Digit symbol coding	72.50 ± 5.27	74.99 ± 4.56^*	74.04 ± 4.59	68.56 ± 3.54^†
Map search (1 min)	53.11 ± 4.16	48.42 ± 3.19	50.35 ± 3.27	42.94 ± 2.31^†
Map search (2 min)	73.30 ± 1.70	75.11 ± 1.51^*	75.04 ± 1.92	74.67 ± 1.51
Telephone search	2.86 ± 0.17	3.06 ± 0.20	3.14 ± 0.26	3.46 ± 0.34

Data are least square means ± SE.

*P < 0.05 change from euglycemia to hypoglycemia after medium-chain triglycerides vs. placebo;

†P < 0.05 between euglycemia and hypoglycemia.