Table 2.

Comparison of insulin and C-peptide AUC, and homeostatic model assessment (HOMA) indexes during basal and isoprenaline-stimulated conditions, n = 8.

	Control		Cortisol		P value control vs cortisol		P value basal vs isoprenaline
	Basal	ISO	Basal	ISO	Basal	ISO	Control	Cortisol
Insulin (pmol/L)	30.4 ± 6.0	100.4 ± 15.7	55.2 ± 7.4	206.7 ± 30.5	0.025	0.012	0.012	0.012
C-peptide (pmol/mL)	0.25 ± 0.03	0.47 ± 0.05	0.38 ± 0.04	0.90 ± 0.09	0.001	0.001	< 0.0001	< 0.0001

	Control	Cortisol	P value
Δ insulin basal to ISO (pmol/L)	70.0 ± 10.1	151.5 ± 28.9	0.012
Δ C-peptide basal to ISO (pmol/mL)	0.22 ± 0.03	0.52 ± 0.07	0.012
HOMA %B	42.2 ± 5.9	40.5 ± 4.5	0.731
HOMA %S	192.2 ± 29.5	105.9 ± 19.2	0.004
HOMA IR	0.62 ± 0.11	1.11 ± 0.16	0.016

Mean and SEM shown.