title: Correlation of urinary excretion of C-peptide with the integrated concentration and secretion rate of insulin.
abstract: The secretion rate of insulin (SR-I) of 50 normal subjects was calculated from the 24-h integrated concentration of insulin (IC-I), the peripheral metabolic clearance of insulin (pMCR-I), and the mean fractional hepatic insulin extraction (fhMCR-I) that was derived from our data. fhMCR-I was determined as the difference in the molar secretory rate of C-peptide (SR-C) and the molar peripheral clearance of insulin (pMCR-I x IC-I) divided by SR-C. The IC-I in our 50 subjects was 1.19 +/- 0.38 ng/ml and the IC-C was 2.93 +/- 0.58 ng/ml. Based on these data, the fhMCR-I was 0.40 and the Sr-I was estimated to be 54.8 +/- 18.0 U/24 h. The 24-h urinary C-peptide excretion (U-C), 44.9 +/- 20.4 micrograms/24 h, had a statistically significant correlation with SR-I (r = 0.838, P less than 0.0001), while the IC-I correlated significantly with the 24-h urinary C-peptide/g of creatinine (r = 0.838, P less than 0.0001). The U-C may thus serve as a practical method for estimating the SR-I.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002096:C-Peptide / Q000652:urine*; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008657:Metabolic Clearance Rate; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000652:urine*
chemical_list: D002096:C-Peptide; D007328:Insulin; D010455:Peptides