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. 2015 Jun 3;5(4):332–345. doi: 10.1007/s13346-015-0239-x

Table 1.

Mean postprandial pharmacokinetic parameters for 3-day ID and SC infusion of insulin aspart across treatment days/meals and for individual treatment days (n = 141–156)

Parameter Route Days 1–3 combined (mean ± SD) p value Day 1 Day 2 Day 3
Primary endpoint
 Tmax [min] ID 28.5 ± 13.2 <0.0001 27.6 ± 13.9 29.1 ± 13.3 29.1 ± 12.5
SC 47.7 ± 22.8 46.0 ± 28.4 50.1 ± 19.7 47.1 ± 18.3
Secondary endpoints
 T50_max_rising [min] ID 6.0 ± 2.4 <0.0001 5.7 ± 2.2 5.8 ± 2.6 6.4 ± 2.3
SC 12.2 ± 7.7 13.2 ± 7.9 12.0 ± 9.5 11.2 ± 5.0
 T50_max_falling [min] ID 107 ± 36.1 <0.0001 108 ± 39.2 106 ± 32.6 107 ± 36.7
SC 138 ± 45.1 135 ± 51.1 143 ± 44.1 136 ± 39.5
 ΔCmax [mU/L] ID 57.9 ± 46.5 0.0121 54.5 ± 42.1 58.6 ± 47.0 61.2 ± 51.5
SC 48.7 ± 37.6 47.4 ± 37.5 47.2 ± 34.8 51.5 ± 40.8
 ΔAUCIns0−1 [mU*h/L] ID 42.5 ± 34.7 <0.0001 39.5 ± 31.4 43.7 ± 36 44.8 ± 37.4
SC 31.3 ± 24 29.9 ± 25.3 30.6 ± 21.1 33.6 ± 25.7
 ΔAUCIns0–1.5 [mU*h/L] ID 60.2 ± 51.6 0.0039 56.6 ± 46.4 61.6 ± 54.0 62.8 ± 55.6
SC 49.0 ± 39.0 45.9 ± 38.9 48.7 ± 35.9 52.8 ± 42.5
 ΔAUCIns0–2 [mU*h/L] ID 72.5 ± 65.5 NS 68.5 ± 59.0 74.0 ± 67.8 75.7 ± 71.2
SC 62.2 ± 52.3 57.8 ± 50.9 62.6 ± 49.6 66.7 ± 57.0
 ΔAUCIns0–4 [mU*h/L] ID 91.0 ± 93.5 NS 86.9 ± 85.8 92.3 ± 94.5 94.4 ± 103
SC 83.4 ± 81.3 77.4 ± 76.2 85.7 ± 82.3 87.7 ± 86.9

Significant difference p < 0.05

NS not significant