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. 2009 Nov 24;298(3):E449–E466. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00559.2009

Table 1.

Model parameters determined from published data

Parameter Value Description
ρF 9.44 kcal/g Energy density of F
ρP 4.7 kcal/g Energy density of P
ρG 4.18 kcal/g Energy density of G
ρK 4.45 kcal/g Energy density of ketones
hP 1.6 g H2O/g P hydration coefficient
hG 2.7 g H2O/g G hydration coefficient
ηF 0.18 kcal/g F synthesis cost
ηP 0.86 kcal/g P synthesis cost
εP 0.17 kcal/g P degradation cost
ηG 0.21 kcal/g G synthesis cost
ηN 5.4 kcal/g Urea synthesis cost/g nitrogen
εd 0.835 DNL efficiency
εg 0.8 GNG efficiency
εk 0.81 KTG efficiency
αF 0.025 TEF factor for FI
αC 0.075 TEF factor for CI
αP 0.25 TEF factor for PI
γF 4.5 kcal•kg−1•day−1 Specific RMR for adipose
γ̂FFM 19 kcal•kg−1•day−1 Basal specific RMR for FFM
ξBW 0.16 ECF response to BW changes
ξCI 4000 mg/day ECF response to CI changes
ξNa 3 mg•ml−1•day−1 ECF response to sodium changes
τBW 1,000 days ECF response time for BW changes
τT 7 days Response time for T changes
g 180 g/day Baseline glycogenolysis rate
KDNL 2 Glycogen constant for DNL
d 4 Hill coefficient for DNL
F 140 g/day Baseline lipolysis rate
AL 3.8 Maximum lipolysis change
BL 0.9 Minimum lipolysis change
τL 1.44 days Response time for lipolysis
KL 4 Body fat constant for lipolysis
SL 2 Hill coefficient for lipolysis
ψ 0.4 PA effect on lipolysis
AK 0.8 Maximum KTG fraction
kP 0.69 Effect of PI on KTG
kG 0.69 Effect of G on KTG
KK 1 Sets basal KTG rate
KTGthresh 70 g/day Renal threshold KTG rate
KUmax 20 g/day Maximum ketone excretion
KTGmax 400 g/day Maximum KTG
P 300 g/day Baseline proteolysis rate
χ 0 Effect of PI on protein turnover
GN̂GP 300 kcal/day Basal GNGP rate
ΓC 0.39 Effect of CI on GNGP
ΓP 0.32 Effect of PI on GNGP
τPI 1.1 days Response time of ProtOx to PI changes

See Glossary of Model Variables for definitions of the abbreviations.