Table 6.

Insulin concentrations at baseline and during hyperinsulinemic clamps and insulin stimulation during clamps corrected for baseline in steers enterally infused for 42 days with graded amounts of menhaden oil rich in LCn-3PUFA¹

	Treatment (μU/ml)
Control oil %	4	2	0		Contrast P-value
Menhaden oil %	0	2	4	s.e.	Lin	Quad
Overall baseline average	49	35	25	6	0.01	0.70
Individual insulin baseline
20 mU/kg per h	50	29	25	6	0.01	0.24
40 mU/kg per h	44	32	28	6	0.07	0.54
80 mU/kg per h	53	42	21	10	0.03	0.66
Clamp insulin
20 mU/kg per h	115	108	87	6	0.01	0.37
40 mU/kg per h	147	148	139	6	0.26	0.45
80 mU/kg per h	285	277	240	9	0.01	0.25
Clamp insulin corrected for baseline
20 mU/kg per h	65	79	62	6	0.80	0.11
40 mU/kg per h	101	116	109	7	0.54	0.30
80 mU/kg per h	231	235	218	16	0.55	0.56

Lin = linear effect of menhaden oil amounts; Quad = quadratic effect of menhaden oil amounts; LS = least square.

¹LS means ± s.e.; n = 6.