title: Fasting, postprandial and postprandial plus glucagon-stimulated plasma C-peptide levels in non-insulin-dependent diabetics and in control subjects.
abstract: We have studied fasting, postprandial and postprandial plus glucagon-stimulated plasma C-peptide levels in 149 non-insulin-dependent diabetics treated either with diet or oral drugs and in 101 non-diabetic control subjects. Diet-treated diabetics showed the highest fasting, postprandial and post-glucagon C-peptide levels in both sexes. In men, diabetics treated with oral drugs showed lower postprandial and glucagon-stimulated C-peptide levels than control subjects, while in women C-peptide levels in this group of diabetics were similar to those in control subjects. The distribution of individual plasma C-peptide levels was wide in non-insulin-dependent diabetics and control subjects and there was considerable overlapping in plasma C-peptide distribution for diabetics and control subjects. Fasting and post-glucagon plasma C-peptide levels in diabetics showed an inverse association to plasma glucose levels and a positive association to degree of obesity, but no association with the known duration of diabetes.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000628:therapy; D005215:Fasting; D005260:Female; D005934:Glucagon / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D002096:C-Peptide; D005934:Glucagon