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Published in final edited form as: Nutrition. 2012 Sep 6;29(1):81–88. doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2012.04.010

Table 2.

Incremental area under the curve (AUC; area under the curve after subtracting the postabsorptive value) calculated for the early (0 – 4 hours; AUC_0–4h) and late (4 – 8 hours; AUC_4–8h) parts of the postprandial period for blood chemistry parameters associated with lipid metabolism.

	AUC_0–4h			AUC_4–8h

	Control	L-Arginine	P value	Control	L-Arginine	P value
TG, mg·dL⁻¹·h	81 ± 16	33 ± 9	0.004	23 ± 10	−37 ± 15	0.013
FFAt, mmol·L⁻¹·h	0.30 ± 0.15	−0.15 ± 0.09	0.038	0.46 ± 0.17	0.40 ± 0.13	0.652
FFAi, mmol·L⁻¹·h	0.51 ± 0.04	0.30 ± 0.04	0.001	0.60 ± 0.05	0.47 ± 0.05	0.026
FFAe, mmol·L⁻¹·h	−0.20 ± 0.15	−0.45 ± 0.07	0.134	−0.14 ± 0.20	−0.07 ± 0.11	0.618
3-HB, umol·L⁻¹·h	376 ± 49	298 ± 60	0.256	695 ± 173	957 ± 134	0.063

Values are means ± SEM; n = 8; TG, plasma triglycerides; FFAt, total plasma free fatty acids; FFAi, plasma free fatty acids from the ingested fat; FFAe, plasma free fatty acids from endogenous sources; 3-HB, plasma 3-hydroxybutyrate.