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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Feb 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 May;87(5):1194–1203. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/87.5.1194

TABLE 6.

24-h AUC of endocrine/metabolic variables during consumption of sucrose-, HFCS-, fructose-, and glucose-sweetened beverages with meals in 7 men

Beverage Glucose (mg/dl•23h) Insulin (μU/ml•23h) Leptin (ng/ml•24h) Ghrelin (pg/ml•23h) TG (mg/dl•23h) FFA (mEq/l•23h)
Glucose 344.6 ± 73.7 399.6 ± 58.5 29.7 ± 10.1 -874.1 ± 614.1 458.3 ± 89.1 -1.8 ± 0.6
Fructose 113.8 ± 53.7* 181.8 ± 20.0* 14.9 ± 6.7 -1,120.8 ± 634.1 751.2 ± 150.2 -2.7 ± 0.5
Sucrose 175.1 ± 48.9 242.7 ± 33.2* 19.2 ± 5.2 -570.0 ± 311.4 738.7 ± 170.7 -1.6 ± 0.5
HFCS 177.7 ± 79.0 230.6 ± 42.9* 13.5 ± 3.7 -640.2 ± 422.2 1,043.5 ± 132.0* -2.0 ± 0.4
Repeated measures 1-factor ANOVA p = 0.010 p < 0.0001 p = 0.081 p = 0.27 p = 0.0065 p = 0.31

Mean ± SEM.

*

p <0.05

**

p <0.01

***

p <0.001 compared to glucose (reference) using the Tukey's Multiple Comparison Test.