FIG. 1.
(Upper panel) Scheme of the oral glucose absorption model. kabs, the rate constant of intestinal absorption; kempt(Qsto), the rate constant of gastric emptying; kmax and kmin, maximum and minimum rate constant, respectively; Qgut, glucose transit through the gut; Qsto, glucose transit through the stomach, one for solid (Qsto1) and one for liquid (Qsto2); Ra, rate of appearance. (Lower panel) Parameter estimates of the oral glucose absorption model. Data are average±SD values. PBO, placebo.