. 2018 Oct 23;9:1467. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2018.01467

Table 3.

Effects of increasing mammary glucose supply by external pudendal artery on physiological and biochemical parameters in artery and vein at 13 h after glucose infusion (steady period).

Item^∗	Infused glucose (g)						SEM	P-value^†
	0	20	40	60	80	100		L	Q
Artery
Glucose, mmol/L	3.72^b	4.22^a	4.02^a	3.90^ab	3.90^ab	3.73^b	0.046	0.52	<0.01
BHB, umol/L	421^a	418^a	422^a	385^b	385^b	372^b	10.8	<0.01	0.47
NEFA, umol/L	150	159	173	204	162	153	19.4	0.73	0.09
Triglyceride, mmol/L	0.157	0.164	0.110	0.145	0.135	0.128	0.029	0.42	0.70
Vein
Glucose, mmol/L	3.11	3.57	3.34	3.28	3.11	3.25	0.085	0.30	0.09
BHB, umol/L	147	151	173	159	134	141	11.2	0.31	0.10
NEFA, umol/L	271	238	211	325	195	264	44.9	0.89	0.81
Triglyceride, mmol/L	0.131	0.132	0.101	0.121	0.098	0.105	0.030	0.40	0.83
AVD
Glucose, mmol/L	0.610	0.647	0.682	0.722	0.693	0.673	0.039	0.13	0.14
BHB, mmol/L	273^a	267^ab	249^abc	226^c	251^abc	230^bc	13.5	0.02	0.43

^∗BHB, β-hydroxybutyric acid; NEFA, non-esterified fatty acid; AVD, arterio-venous difference. ^†L, linear effect; Q, quadratic effect. Values (such as a,b,c) in the upper-right corner differ (P < 0.05) if without a common letter.