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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Oral glucose tolerance tests"”.
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The Effect of Dehydration on Metabolism and Energy Substrate Utilization
… normal or overweight. Participants completed two oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTT) after being intravenously infused with a isotonic or hypertonic saline solution for 120 minutes in a counter balanced order. All trials began with a euhydrated subject with a urine specific gravity (USG)</p>
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Measuring insulin sensitivity and the effect of alternative dietary interventions and exercise on metabolic control
… Experimentally, it was demonstrated that the oral glucose tolerance test can be a reliable tool to measure insulin sensitivity following adequate dietary and exercise control. Acute and chronic cinnamon ingestion was shown to improve insulin sensitivity. Feeding frequency was found to alter …
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Influence of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms on Changes in Insulin Sensitivity with Aerobic Exercise Training
… (T2DM). Subjects were genotyped and underwent oral glucose tolerance tests before and after six months of training. Due to mis-genotyping of the BsmI polymorphism, results for that variant were not reported. There were no significant differences between FokI genotype groups in insulin …
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Genetic and Metabolic Markers for the Development of Diabetes after Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
… through a regional screening programme in which oral glucose tolerance tests (OGTTs) are routinely offered to all pregnant women. The prevalence of MODY mutations among women with GDM and a family history of diabetes was found to be 5%. Arabian women were more insulin resistant than Scandinavian …
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Clinical feasibility of Raman spectroscopy for quantitative blood glucose measurement
… worldwide, and close monitoring of blood glucose levels is crucial for its diagnosis and management. Currently, blood glucose monitoring is done by blood withdrawal or through invasive access to the interstitial fluid. While Raman spectroscopy has been studied as a possible non-invasive …
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An Evaluation of Diagnostic Approaches for Gestational Diabetes Screening in South Africa
… of using point of-care (POC) capillary glucose measures for GDM screening and explores potential strategies to increase screening capacity by eliminating the reliance on central laboratory facilities or reducing the time spent at antenatal facilities for mothers. Objectives: The …
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Effect of Acute Exercise or Fasting on Mitochondrial Function and High Fat Diet-Induced Insulin Resistance
… ad libitum access to the high-fat diet. Oral glucose tolerance tests were administrated to assess insulin action. Red gastrocnemius muscles were harvested and permeabilized fibers prepared for determination of mitochondrial respiratory function and H[subscript]2O[subscript]2 emission. A …
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A study of the protective effects of an aspalathin enriched green rooibos extract on experimentally induced hepatic steatosis
… SREBP, FASN and CPT1), inflammation (TNF-α) and glucose metabolism (GCK and ChREBP) were assessed. Further investigation was done using leptin-receptor deficient C57BL6/J db/db mice (n=8/group) and their lean littermates (db/+) (n=8/group). The mice received standard ii rodent chow ad libitum. …
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Temporal changes in the cardiometabolic disease risk profile of the Bellville south mixed-ancestry community between 2008/09 AND 2014/16
… This thesis aimed to determine the temporal changes between 2008/09 and 2014/16 in (1) absolute blood pressure levels and hypertension prevalence; (2) distribution and change in obesity or body size phenotypes; and (3) the prevalence of insulin resistance (IR), inflammatory biomarkers, …
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Relationships of gastric emptying with glycaemia, insulin secretion and the incretin effect in health and type 2 diabetes
… with gastric emptying in subjects with normal glucose tolerance, impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes. 2) Evaluation of the relationships of the insulin secretory response and the oral disposition index with gastric emptying in subjects with normal glucose tolerance. 3) Utilisation of …