Table 2

Incremental and/or total area under the curve for serum glucose, free-fatty acids, insulin and plasma glucagon after experimental meals.

Large meal

Small meal

High GI*

Low GI

High GI

Low GI

tAUC FFA (mmol·l^-1 ·2 h^-1)

33 (29–35)

30 (25–35)

34 (31–41)

37 (30–43)

tAUC FFA (mmol·l^-1 ·5 h^-1)

63 (56–68)^a

63 (59–84)^a

104 (102–109)^b

91 (80–100)^b

iAUC Glucose (mmol· l^-1 ·2 h^-1)

267 (184–338)^a

149 (111–172)^b

187 (74–207)^b

91 (69–159)^b

iAUC Glucose (mmol· l^-1 ·5 h^-1)

373 (246–523)^a

215 (176–264)^b

202 (109–295)^b

137 (87–214)^b

tAUC Glucose (mmol· l^-1 ·2 h^-1)

866 (771–1000)^a

743 (720–784)^b

785 (100–815)^b

698 (660–745)^b

tAUC Glucose (mmol· l^-1 ·5 h^-1)

1871 (1755–2042)^a

1705 (1654–1787)^b

1613 (1577–1770)^b

1599 (1540–1653)^b

iAUC Insulin (nmol· l^-1 ·2 h^-1)

84 (54–95)^a

38 (35–50)^b

46 (40–55)^b

22 (13–28)^c

iAUC Insulin (nmol· l^-1 ·5 h^-1)

139 (96–178)^a

69 (57–93)^b

59 (50–74)^c

30 (17–37)^d

tAUC Insulin (nmol· l^-1 ·2 h^-1)

97 (67–109)^a

50 (44–62)^b

59 (48–69)^b

34 (30–47)^c

tAUC Insulin (nmol· l^-1 ·5 h^-1)

166 (129–213)^a

98 (81–136)^b

87 (79–102)^b

58 (52–74)^c

tAUC Glucagon (μg· l^-1 ·2 h^-1)

1309 (1100–1424)

1547 (1334–1673)

1452 (1279–1499)

1443 (1189–1686)

tAUC Glucagon (μg· l^-1 ·5 h^-1)

3234 (2955–3711)

3677 (3312–4439)

3752 (3141–3885)

3998 (3049–4255)

Median and interquartile range. * Glycemic index. Statistical differences using Friedman's test and two-tailed Wilcoxon ranked post hoc test. Medians with different superscript letters in each row are significantly different (p < 0.05).

Galgani et al. Nutrition Journal 2006 5:22   doi:10.1186/1475-2891-5-22