Table 4.
Hormone and glucose concentrations at baseline and parameters of postprandial glycemic response.
| Total | Women | Men | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | ||
| Glucose | |||||||
| Fasting glucose (mg/dl) | 86 | 7 | 83 | 7 | 89 | 5 | 0.007 |
| Glucose time to peak (min) | 20 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 0.621 |
| Glucose max peak (mg/dl) | 124 | 19 | 120 | 20 | 128 | 18 | 0.242 |
| Glucose AUC (0–180 min) | 10976 | 7132 | 10718 | 7256 | 11234 | 7206 | 0.569 |
| Insulin | |||||||
| Fasting insulin (U/l) | 6.6 | 2.0 | 6.5 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 1.9 | 0.897 |
| Insulin time to peak (min) | 44 | 35 | 58 | 41 | 29 | 20 | 0.068 |
| Insulin max peak (U/l) | 112.8 | 63.0 | 102.2 | 52.3 | 123.4 | 72.1 | 0.195 |
| Insulin AUC (0–180 min) | 12492 | 7381 | 12120 | 7358 | 12864 | 7599 | 0.359 |
| C-peptide | |||||||
| Fasting C-peptide (ng/ml) | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 0.486 |
| C-peptide time to peak (min) | 71 | 41 | 78 | 37 | 63 | 44 | 0.166 |
| C-peptide max peak (ng/ml) | 9.1 | 3.1 | 8.8 | 2.9 | 9.4 | 3.3 | 0.506 |
| C-peptide AUC (0–180 min) | 1321 | 423 | 1299 | 437 | 1343 | 421 | 0.477 |
P values were obtained using t-test or rank-sum test for data that were not normally distributed. Abbreviations: sd standard deviation, AUC area under the curve.