Skip to main content

Table 5 Circulating levels of insulin, glucagon, corticosterone and glucose

From: Sex-different hepatic glycogen content and glucose output in rats

 

Male

Female

Significant sex-difference

4 h fasting

   

Insulin (ng/ml)

2.43 ± 0.45

1.56 ± 0.04

 

Glucagon (pg/ml)

99.8 ± 6.2

100.9 ± 8.5

 

Corticosterone (ng/ml)

495.9 ± 9.9

531.5 ± 22.6

 

Insulin-Glucagon ratio

24.3 ± 4.1

16.0 ± 2.0

P < 0.05

Glucose (mM)

6.7 ± 0.3

6.4 ± 0.2

 

12 h fasting

   

Insulin (ng/ml)

3.99 ± 1.75

0.82 ± 0.16

 

Glucagon (pg/ml)

275.5 ± 122.4

100.9 ± 2.2

 

Corticosterone (ng/ml)

506.1 ± 20.2

587.4 ± 6.9

P < 0.005

Insulin-Glucagon ratio

16.5 ± 2.3

8.0 ± 1.4

P < 0.05

Glucose (mM)

4.8 ± 0.2

5.2 ± 0.2

 
  1. Male and female rats were fasted for 4 or 12 h, blood samples were collected and analyzed for insulin, glucagon, corticosterone and glucose. The ratio between insulin and glucagon was calculated. The data are presented as means ± SEM (n = 4) and analyzed using two-way ANOVA and Fisher's LSD test.
Back to article page

BMC Biochemistry

ISSN: 1471-2091

Contact us