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. 2019 Sep 6;62(12):2310–2324. doi: 10.1007/s00125-019-04990-y

Table 2.

SI, GE and beta cell function

Variable Insulin AUC quartile IFG IGT
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
SID (dl−4 kg−1 min−1 [pmol/l]−1) 263.5 (225.9) 155.4 (109.6)* 123.0 (88.1)* 64.1 (60.1)*†‡ 113.5 (61.9)* 19.8 (27.2)*†‡¶
SIL (dl−4 kg−1 min−1 [pmol/l]−1) 190.4 (113.4) 109.9 (81.0)* 68.9 (36.4)* 45.0 (33.3)*†¶ 108.3 (88.1) 27.3 (28.1)*†‡¶
SI (dl−4 kg−1 min−1 [pmol/l]−1) 472.0 (272.4) 257.7 (166.8)* 211.3 (94.8)* 113.1 (90.0)*†‡¶ 263.8 (96.9)* 47.0 (48.6)*†‡¶
GED (dl kg−1 min−1) 0.027 (0.006) 0.027 (0.006) 0.025 (0.004) 0.024 (0.003)* 0.026 (0.003) 0.022 (0.001)*†‡§¶
GEL (dl kg−1 min−1) 0.021 (0.025) 0.017 (0.036) 0.025 (0.004) 0.024 (0.003) 0.034 (0.017) 0.015 (0.009)
GE (dl kg−1 min−1) 0.046 (0.029) 0.045 (0.038) 0.050 (0.025) 0.049 (0.024) 0.059 (0.021) 0.038 (0.009)†‡§¶
Φb (10−9 min−1) 2.5 (1.2) 3.7 (2.3)* 4.0 (2.2)* 4.4 (3.1)* 3.8 (1.9) 3.9 (1.9)*
Φd (10−9) 216.2 (268.6) 327.9 (301.8) 406.8 (455.1)* 500.9 (440.8)* 415.3 (186.2) 330.6 (406.1)
Φs (10−9 min−1) 33.1 (17.2) 38.6 (23.1) 43.2 (29.6)* 51.4 (26.7)* 52.8 (28.5) 31.4 (18.6)§
Φtot (10−9 min−1) 34.7 (18.6) 40.3 (25.1) 44.7 (30.3)* 52.8 (27.1)* 54.6 (31.5) 34.1 (20.1)§
DI (10−14 dl−1 kg−1 min−2 [pmol/l]−1) 3506 (3443) 2165 (2038) 1854 (1617)* 1083 (1217)* 2143 (2398) 345 (288)*†‡§¶
Insulin clearance (l min−1 m−2) 1.6 (0.9) 1.2 (0.4)* 1.1 (0.5)* 0.7 (0.4)*†‡¶ 1.2 (0.6)* 0.9 (0.6)*

Data are median (interquartile range)

*p < 0.05 vs Q1

p < 0.05 vs Q2

p < 0.05 vs Q3

§p < 0.05 vs Q4

p < 0.05 vs IFG