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. 2013 Feb 13;4(3):287–296. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12035

Table 1. Participant characteristics and calculated C‐peptide secretion parameters.

Mean ± SD Median (range)
Age (years) 27.4 ± 4.14 26 (23–36)
Height (cm) 172.4 ± 5.1 171.4 (165.3–179.6)
Weight (kg) 64.2 ± 5.2 66 (55.8–70.7)
BMI (kg/m2) 21.6 ± 1.3 21.2 (19.9–23.7)
Body fat percentage (%) 18.2 ± 1.5 18.6 (15.7–19.9)
C‐peptide secretion parameters
VCP (L) 3.99 ± 0.1 4.03 (3.82‐4.1)
k1 (per min) 0.0522 ± 0.0006 0.052 (0.0515–0.0534)
k2 (per min) 0.0496 ± 0.0003 0.0496 (0.0490–0.0499)
k3 (per min) 0.0593 ± 0.0007 0.0595 (0.0579–0.06)

BMI, body mass index; k1, k2 and k3, rate constants used in the C‐peptide secretion submodel; SD, standard deviation; VCP, distribution volume of C‐peptide in plasma.