Abstract
Standard glucose tolerance test (SGTT) and HGTT were carried out in normal young adult persons consisting of 17 males and 9 females. Before glucose loading in the HGTT the examinees were kept in fasting condition for 21±1 hours, whereas in the SGTT they were kept in the same condition for 15±1 hours.
The changes of blood glucose, plasma NEFA and plasma insulin (IRI) of the male and the female groups in the HGTT were compared with those in the SGTT.
The results were as follows:
1) In the SGTT there was no significant difference in the blood glucose, plasma insulin and NEFA between the males and the females.
2) In the HGTT the blood glucose levels after the glucose ingestion were much higher in the females than those in the males. Also in the HGTT the changes of plasma insulin and NEFA after the glucose ingestion showed significant differences between the males and the females.
