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. 2015 Oct 17;4:621. doi: 10.1186/s40064-015-1419-3

Table 4.

Time course of changes in serum immunoreactive insulin level after the different glucose-loadings

Serum immunoreactive insulin level (µU/ml) AUIRC
Pre-loading 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min 90 min 120 min (µU/ml × min)
Control Mean ± SE 5.5 ± 1.0 43.1 ± 8.0 46.3 ± 8.9 46.5 ± 9.4 45.8 ± 9.9 35.6 ± 6.1 24.1 ± 3.9 4684 ± 725
Median 5.1 40.7 47.1 38.8 44.6 39.6 23.2 4452
Inter-quartile range 3.8 22.3 22.1 37.0 40.8 14.6 16.2 2764
Nose clipping Mean ± SE 6.9 ± 1.3 35.5 ± 4.2 38.4 ± 7.2 37.5 ± 7.9 37.1 ± 8.3 23.6 ± 4.9 13.5 ± 2.7 3595 ± 481
Median 7.5 31.7 37.7 26.3 34.5 20.0 15.6 3542
Inter-quartile range 4.2 10.1 24.0 25.7 25.1 17.3 9.1 1360
Intragastric Mean ± SE 6.7 ± 0.3 36.5 ± 5.2 37.2 ± 4.5 41 ± 7.6 37.1 ± 7 22.8 ± 3.4 16.6 ± 2.9 3668 ± 479
Median 6.7 32.9 38.6 37.3 35.9 21.8 16.4 3774
Inter-quartile range 0.5 16.5 8.2 24.3 17.2 8.8 7.0 1265

N = 7

AUIRC area under curve of time-course change in serum immunoreactive insulin level from starting to 120 min