Table 1.

In vivo characteristics.

	Control	Diabetic
n	8	8
Age (years)	51 ± 1	49 ± 2
Weight (kg)	69.7 ± 3.4	101.8 ± 5.1*
BMI (kg/m2)	24.4 ± 0.6	34.0 ± 1.4*
Fasting plasma glucose (mM)	5.7 ± 0.1	10.1 ± 0.8*
Fasting serum insulin (pM)	26.5 ± 6.9	94.6 ± 10.1*
Glucose infusion rate (mg/min)	388.8 ± 22.2	100.0 ± 11.9*
HbA1c (%)	5.5 ± 0.1	7.7 ± 0.5*

Data are means ± SE. *Significantly different from the controls (P < 0.05).