The Department of Endocrinology, 
Post-absorptive glucose lowering in normal healthy individuals: an epidemiological observation.
- Rolf Luft Centre for Diabetes, Department of Molecular Medicine & Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
- Department of Biostatistics, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India.
- Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. Electronic address: nihal_thomas@yahoo.com.
Diabetes research and clinical practice Vol. 104 · Issue 1 · pp. e5-7
PMID 24565212 DOI 10.1016/j.diabres.2014.01.023
Cite This Article
Senthil K Vasan, Parthasarathy Ramachandran, Mary Mathew, C V Natraj, Belavendra Antonisamy, Nihal Thomas. Post-absorptive glucose lowering in normal healthy individuals: an epidemiological observation. Diabetes research and clinical practice. 2014;104(1):e5-7. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2014.01.023
Abstract
Post-absorptive glucose lowering (PALG) is observed in individuals with glucose intolerance and in healthy individuals. We report a prevalence of about 23% among healthy Asian Indians. Individuals with PALG are characterized by leaner phenotype, low body fat percentage, increased insulin sensitivity and higher fasting glucose levels.
Keywords
- Glucose
- Hypoglycemia
- Insulin
- Post-prandial
