A method to measure the degree of control per se in the oral glucose tolerance test.
Using the glucose and insulin values from a 5-hr oral glucose tolerance test, nine quantitative measures have been developed to separate normal, "flat-curve," and non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDD) patients. The purpose of these measures is to quantify per se the degree of control operating in glucose homeostasis. A control index which is based upon Swan's minimizing principle and uses only the glucose values was successful in assessing the degree of control operating in glucose homeostasis.
Martin
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Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Pathology, Providence 02903.
Goldstein
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Hologgitas
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D000328:Adult; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D005951:Glucose Tolerance Test; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin