Table 2.

C-Peptide Kinetic Parameters in Adults.^21,24,23

	Patient cohort	k1 [1/min]	k2 [1/min]	k3 [1/min]
Eaton et al, 198024	Normal n = 20	0.047 ± 0.002	0.035 ± 0.002	0.049 ± 0.001
Van Cauter et al, 199221	Normal n = 111	0.053 ± 0.002	0.051 ± 0.001	0.062 ± 0.001
	Obese n = 53	0.067 ± 0.003	0.051 ± 0.002	0.065 ± 0.013
Polonsky et al, 198623	Normal n = 10	0.057 ± 0.006	0.054 ± 0.006	0.06 ± 0.002
	Diabetic n = 7	0.037 ± 0.004	0.031 ± 0.004	0.057 ± 0.002

Values are mean ± SEM.