Table 1 Demographics and fasting biochemical measures of subjects in the intrajejunal (i.j.) vs intraduodenal (i.d.) studya

From: Comparative effect of intraduodenal and intrajejunal glucose infusion on the gut–incretin axis response in healthy males

 

i.j. study

i.d. study

Subjects

10 healthy males (8 Caucasians and 2 Asians)

10 healthy males (8 Caucasians and 2 Asians)

Age (years)

33.4±6.0

33.4±5.3

BMI (kg m−2)

24.5±1.1

25.0±1.0

Fasting glucose (mmol l−1)

5.0±0.1

5.4±0.1

Fasting insulin (mU l−1)

3.1±0.4

2.5±0.5

Fasting insulin:glucose ratio (mU mmol−1)

0.6±0.1

0.5±0.1

Fasting GLP-1 (pmol l−1)

19.2±2.0

24.1±2.4

Fasting GIP (pmol l−1)

14.0±1.6

15.3±2.7

Fasting glucagon (pg ml−1)

54.9±7.9

52.5±2.6

  1. Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; GIP, glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide; GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1.
  2. aData are represented as mean±s.e.; Student's unpaired t-test was used to determine the statistical significance. P<0.05 was considered statistically significant.
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