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To determine the reproducibility of the first phase insulin response to intravenous glucose, ten normal subjects underwent two intravenous glucose tolerance tests separated by at least two weeks. Intravenous dextrose (0.3 g/kg) was administered over 2 min by continuous infusion and arterialised-venous samples were taken from a retrogradely cannulated hand vein in the opposite arm. Within subjects, median coefficient of variation for the 3 min insulin was 4.0% (range 1.2–24.3%) and median coefficient of variation for the 0–10 min area was 6.7% (range 1.7–18.8%). These coefficients of variation are close to those of the assay itself (< 10%). Despite this, between subject responses varied by greater than sixfold. In conclusion, contrary to previous reports the intravenous glucose tolerance test is highly reproducible. This makes it a very valuable tool for further studies of the pathogenesis of diabetes.
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Rayman, G., Clark, P., Schneider, E. et al. The first phase insulin response to intravenous glucose is highly reproducible. Diabetologia 33, 631–634 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00400209
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