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. 2008 May;2(3):424–435. doi: 10.1177/193229680800200312

Table 1.

A Priori Identified Model Constants Obtained from the Literature Except Linear Gastric Emptying and Gut Absorption Rates (k6 and k7, Respectively), Which Were Optimized Using Nonlinear Least Squares to Model-Independent, Mixed-Meal Tracer Glucose Ra Data34

Model constants Values (units)
GABSmax 1.1 (g/min)
pG 0.0060 (min−1)
CNS 1.7 (mg/kg·min)
EGP0-G 3.0 (mg/kg·min)
GFR 0.12 (liter/min)
RGT 10 (mmol/liter)
VP 0.22 (liter/kg)
k6 0.0388 (min−1)
k7 0.0097 (min−1)