Effect of posture and a mineralocorticoid on the glucose-induced hypokalemia in man.
Physiologic suppression of glucose-induced hypokalemia by the upright posture was not mediated by changes in insulin or aldosterone and was uninfluenced by a pharmacologic dose of a mineralocorticoid.
D000328:Adult; D000450:Aldosterone / Q000097:blood; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D012083:Renin / Q000097:blood
D001786:Blood Glucose; D007328:Insulin; D003900:Desoxycorticosterone; D000450:Aldosterone; D012083:Renin; D005947:Glucose; D011188:Potassium