Table 2.
Glucose and insulin concentrations, leg glucose uptake, and blood flow at baseline and during HE or LE insulin infusion
| HE | LE | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Glucose concentrations, mmol/l | |||
| Femoral artery | Basal | 5.39 ± 0.20 | 4.86 ± 0.15 |
| Clamp | 8.26 ± 0.14*† | 4.81 ± 0.18 | |
| Femoral vein | Basal | 5.26 ± 0.21 | 4.78 ± 0.15 |
| Clamp | 7.65 ± 0.25*† | 4.57 ± 0.18 | |
| Leg glucose uptake, μmol·min−1·100 ml leg−1 | |||
| Basal | 0.36 ± 0.04 | 0.24 ± 0.09 | |
| Clamp | 2.48 ± 0.96† | 1.29 ± 0.25† | |
| Insulin, μU/ml | |||
| Femoral | Basal | 5.5 ± 1.1 | 11.7 ± 0.5 |
| Clamp | 40.0 ± 4.0†‡ | 48.3 ± 6.9†‡ | |
| Wrist vein | Basal | ND | 12.1 ± 0.4 |
| Clamp | ND | 19.7 ± 1.1† | |
| Blood flow, ml ·min−1·100 ml leg−1 | |||
| Basal | 3.0 ± 0.4 | 3.9 ± 0.5 | |
| Clamp | 4.2 ± 1.0 | 6.9 ± 1.5 | |
| Energy, kcal | |||
| 808 ± 104* | 106 ± 10 | ||
Values are means ± SE. Nutritional energy provision is shown for the clamp period.
*
P < 0.05 vs. LE;
†
P < 0.05 vs. basal;
‡
P < 0.05 vs. wrist vein.