ISSN:
1432-0428
Keywords:
Ambient temperature
;
glucose tolerance
;
tropical countries
;
hot hand technique
;
post-prandial glucose
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Summary When either a 960-kcal, 140-g carbohydrate meal, or a 75-g glucose load was ingested by non-diabetic Caucasians, the 2-h venous plasma glucose concentration was higher by 0.82 and 1.25 mmol/l, respectively, if the ambient temperature was 33 °C rather than 23 °C. It is likely that this is a result of relative ‘arterialisation’ of the venous blood. Even at 23 °C room temperature, use of the ‘hot hand’ technique to obtain ‘arterialised’ venous blood increases post-load glucose levels in contralateral antecubital veins. If these observations apply to those acclimatised to the heat, they could affect the diagnosis of both diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in the tropics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00292547
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