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A method to measure the degree of control per se in the oral glucose tolerance test
H F Martin1, R B Goldstein, J Hologgitas
1Rhode Island Hospital, Department of Pathology, Providence 02903.
Computers and Biomedical Research, an International Journal
|August 1, 1989
Abstract:
Using the glucose and insulin values from a 5-hr oral glucose tolerance test, nine quantitative measures have been developed to separate normal, "flat-curve," and non-insulin-dependent diabetic (NIDD) patients. The purpose of these measures is to quantify per se the degree of control operating in glucose homeostasis. A control index which is based upon Swan's minimizing principle and uses only the glucose values was successful in assessing the degree of control operating in glucose homeostasis.