AJP - Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol 273, Issue 1 E192-E201, Copyright © 1997 by American Physiological Society

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Constant infusion and bolus injection of stable-label tracer give reproducible and comparable fasting HGO

R. Hovorka, D. J. Eckland, D. Halliday, S. Lettis, C. E. Robinson, P. Bannister, M. A. Young and A. Bye
Centre for Measurement and Information in Medicine, City University, London, United Kingdom.

We have investigated the reproducibility of fasting hepatic glucose output (HGO) estimates by use of isotope dilution methodology of stable-label tracers. Six normal subjects were studied on two occasions 1 wk apart. After an overnight fast, the subjects received a bolus injection of 7 mg/kg of [U-13C]glucose and, simultaneously, a primed constant infusion of 0.05 mg.kg-1.min-1 of [6,6(-2)H]glucose. The bolus injection provided one estimate of HGO (HGOBOL), and the constant infusion provided two estimates of HGO, namely, HGO at 2 h (HGOINF2) and HGO at 4 h (HGOINF4), both with the assumption of steady-state conditions. All estimates were similar in value; HGOBOL was highest, followed by HGOINF2 and HGOINF4 [2.30 +/- 0.11 (SE), 2.17 +/- 0.12, and 2.01 +/- 0.13 mg.kg-1.min-1]. The constant infusion gave highly reproducible results. In the case of HGOINF2, the within-subject coefficient of variation (CV) was only 3% compared with 5% of HGOINF4. The reproducibility of HGOBOL was comparable with the within-subject CV of 7%. We conclude that a constant infusion and a bolus injection of stable-label tracer give reproducible and comparable estimates of HGO.

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