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. 2016 Aug 25;39(11):2036–2041. doi: 10.2337/dc15-2688

Table 2.

Effect of dapagliflozin and placebo treatment on glucose and lipid oxidation and energy expenditure following an overnight fast and during the insulin clamp

Substrate oxidation rate Baseline Placebo treatment P value Baseline Dapagliflozin treatment P value
Fasting state
 Fasting GOx (mg/min ⋅ kg) 0.81 ± 0.10 0.89 ± 0.08 NS 1.01 ± 0.22 0.80 ± 0.19 0.03
 Fasting LOx (mg/min ⋅ kg) 2.06 ± 0.15 1.89 ± 0.10 NS 2.48 ± 0.21 2.82 ± 0.24 0.05
 RQ 0.78 ± 0.01 0.80 ± 0.01 NS 0.79 ± 0.2 0.76 ± 0.01 0.03
 Energy expenditure (cal/min ⋅ kg) 1.06 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.1 NS 1.3 ± 0.1 1.34 ± 0.1 NS
Insulin infusion
 Clamp GOx (mg/min ⋅kg) 1.11 ± 0.29 1.46 ± 0.31 NS 1.36 ± 0.16 0.62 ± 0.16 <0.001
 Clamp LOx (mg/min ⋅ kg) 1.89 ± 0.08 1.81 ± 0.12 NS 2.39 ± 0.15 2.57 ± 0.10 <0.01
 NOGD (mg/min ⋅ kg) 1.95 ± 0.58 1.78 ± 1.00 NS 2.74 ± 0.59 4.74 ± 0.52 <0.001
 RQ 0.82 ± 0.01 0.85 ± 0.01 NS 0.82 ± 0.2 0.76 ± 0.01 0.02

GOx, glucose oxidation; LOx, lipid oxidation; NOGD, nonoxidative glucose disposal.