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. 2011 Oct 29;2011:584832. doi: 10.1155/2011/584832

Table 3.

Glycemic indices§ of selected Jamaican sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) varieties determined by different cooking methods.

Sweet potato varieties Glycemic index
Boiled Fried Baked Roasted
Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE Mean SE
Dor 47a 3 76b 4 83c 6 86c 4
Quarter Million 49a 4 70b 6 94c 3 91c 2
Yellow Belly 50a 3 72b 4 86c 2 85c 2
Ganja 41a 5 69b 3 82c 3 79c 4
Watson 43a 4 67b 4 85c 2 87c 2
Clarendon 46a 5 73b 3 83c 3 81c 4
Minda 49a 4 68b 3 91c 3 89c 3
Ms Mac 45a 3 63b 2 87c 4 85c 4
Eustace 49a 5 77b 4 93c 5 93c 2
Fire on Land 46a 4 75b 3 87c 4 90c 3

Superscripts in rows sharing different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).

Values are means ± SEM for n = 10 subjects.

§Glycemic index for each sample was calculated by expressing the IAUC as a percentage of the mean response area of glucose as outlined by Wolever et al. [16].