Table 1.

FPE, FCR, and MCR of dogs in the experiments

Dog No.	FPE, %	FCR, min−1	MCR, ml·min−1·kg−1
1	22.37	0.417	20.03
2	24.33	0.362	13.89
3	31.82	0.421	28.00
4	42.49	0.429	12.71
5	53.02	0.495	13.65
6	58.95	0.564	15.99
7	66.05	0.597	24.06
8	72.05	0.550	31.27
9	77.17	0.497	25.00
Mean ± SE	49.80 ± 6.85	0.481 ± 0.026	20.51 ± 2.29

FPE, first-pass hepatic insulin extraction; FCR, fractional clearance rate; MCR, metabolic clearance rate.