Table 1.

Mean 24 hr Metabolic and Vascular Determinations During Saline and Lipid Infusion

Mean metabolic and vascular determinations following 24 hour lipid and saline infusion. M value represents whole body glucose disposal rate obtained during steady state (the last 40 minutes) of insulin infusion. Data are present as mean and standard errors.

N = 10	Saline	Intralipid/Heparin	P value
FFA (meq/L)	0.37 ± .05	0.73 ± .14	<0.01
Insulin (μU/mL)	7 ± 1	12 ± 1.2	<0.05
Glucose (mg/dl)	96 ± 3	99 ± 3	NS
ADMA uM	0.54 ± 0.01	0.58 ± 0.1	NS
Arginine uM	29 ± 2	28.8 ± 1	NS
usCRP (mg/L)	1.06 ± .05	1.02 ± .07	NS
Myeloperoxidase (pmol/L)	300 ± 25	572 ± 50	<0.02
VCAM (ng/ml)	825.4 ± 77	1070.6 ± 122	<0.01
Endothelin-1 (pg/mL)	7.4 ± .8	9.2 ± 1	<0.05
Flow mediated Dilation (%)	13.9 ± 0.5	12.3 ± 0.7	P = 0.1
M value (mk/kg · min)	9.6 ± .03	7.9 ± .03	<0.05