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. 2012 Feb 1;35(2):231–236. doi: 10.5665/sleep.1628

Table 2.

Demographics and statistics of glucose and endocrine measures of 17 patients with narcolepsy compared to a group of 17 healthy controls matched for gender and age

Narcolepsy (6 f, 11 m) Mean (SD) Control (6 f, 11 m) Mean (SD) P-Value Effect Size
Age (years) 33.9 (9.0) 36.5 (9.2) 0.42 −0.2
BMI (kg/m2) 26.7 (2.9) 26.2 (2.8) 0.58 0.14
Glucose 0 Minutes (mmol/L) 5.2 (0.4) 5.3 (0.5) 0.66 −0.16
Glucose 120 Minutes (mmol/L) 5.9 (1.8) 5.9 (1.1) 0.96 0.01
AUCi (mg × min/dL) 4265 (2851) 4221 (1792) 0.96 0.01
Insulin max. (μU/mL) 105.0 (40.8) 108.6 (51.8) 0.82 −0.08
Glucose max. (mmol/L) 8.8 (1.9) 9.1 (1.8) 0.62 −0.17
HOMA2-S 59.1 (13.1) 68.8 (21.5) 0.13 −0.54
HOMA2-B 129.6 (21.5) 118.9 (34.6) 0.29 0.37
ISI 4.9. (2.4)a 4.8 (2.1)a 0.94 0.02
Insgen 1.5 (1) 1.1 (0.6) 0.13 0.54

AUCi, incremental area under the curve of glucose from 0 to 120 minutes; HOMA2, Homeostasis Model Assessment 2 to estimate model derived steady beta cell function (-B) and insulin sensitivity (-S); ISI, Insulin Sensitivity Index from Matsuda et al. (1000 / ([fasting glucose × fasting insulin] × [mean glucose x mean insulin])0.5; Insgen, Insulinogenic Index (insulin 30 min – insulin 0 min) / (glucose 30 min – glucose 0 min); af, female; m, male.