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. 2009 Feb 3;94(4):1074–1080. doi: 10.1210/jc.2008-1986

Table 1.

Fast, diagnostic, and surgical data from patients undergoing CaStim at NIH from 1996–2008

Supervised fast data (n = 49)
 Fast time, mean (range) 16.5 (0.5–47.5) h
 End glucose, mean ± sd 35.7 ± 6.7 mg/dl
 End insulin, mean (range) 23.5 (2.3–141.0) μIU/ml
 End proinsulin, mean (range) 227.6 (27–810.0) pmol/liter
 End C-peptide, mean (range) 4.2 (1.1–16.5) ng/ml
Diagnosis
 Sporadic insulinoma 39/45 (87)
 MEN-1 associated insulinoma 3/45 (7)
 Metastatic insulinoma 3/45 (7)
Method of resection
 Laparotomy 40/45 (89)
 Laparoscopy 5/45 (11)
Type of resection
 Enucleation 35/45 (78)
 Distal pancreatectomy 9/45 (20)
 Whipple’s 1/45 (2)
Surgical localization
 Head and neck 25/45 (56)
 Body and tail 18/45 (40)
 Liver 1/45 (2)
 Not localized 1/45 (2)
Surgical size, mean (range) 1.8 (0.5–5.0) cm

Data are expressed as number of patients/total patients (percentage), unless indicated differently.