Table 4 Hormone and glucose concentrations at baseline and parameters of postprandial glycemic response.

From: Absence of a sexual dimorphism in postprandial glucose metabolism after administration of a balanced mixed meal in healthy young volunteers

 

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

  1. 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.
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