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Table 4 Changes in glucose and insulin-related characteristics in the study groups

From: Influence of pre-operative oral carbohydrate loading vs. standard fasting on tumor proliferation and clinical outcome in breast cancer patients ─ a randomized trial

 

Carbohydrate group (CH)

Fasting group (F)

Between groups

Normal range

Admission values (A)

Pre-operative Values (Pop)

Difference within group (A-Pop)

P-diff within group

Admission values (A)

Pre-operative Values (Pop)

Difference within group (A-Pop)

P-diff within group

Difference between group CH vs. F

P-diff between groups

 

GLUCOSE (mmol/L)

          

4.0 to 6.0

 Median

5.05

4.70

  

5.30

5.10

     

 Mean

5.37

5.22

– 0.15

0.625

5.34

5.11

– 0.23

0.009

+  0.072

0.824

 

 IQR

4.88 to 5.05

4.25 to 5.50

  

4.80 to5.80

4.70 to 5.40

     

 Range

4.40 to 10.00

3.2 to 12.1

  

4.20 to 6.40

3.30 to 6.90

     

  95% CI

4.90 to 5.80

4.48 to 5.96

– 0.79 to 0.49

 

5.15 to 5.53

4.89 to 5.33

−0.39 to −0.061

 

−0.59 to 0.73

  

INSULIN (mIE/L))

          

<  29.1

 Median

6.80

26.65

  

6.90

8.60

     

 Mean

9.43

33.68

+ 24.25

< 0.0001

9.14

9.09

– 0.58

0.940

+  24.31

< 0.0001

 

 IQR

3.60 to 10.33

20.90 to 45.28

  

5.00 to 12.1

3.30 to 8.60

     

 Range

2.00 to 32.50

6.00 to 86.60

  

2.00 to 24.80

2.00 to 22.00

     

 95% CI

6.00 to 12.90

25.52 to 41.85

15.39 to 33.11

 

6.88 to 11.04

7.06 to 11.12

−1.58 to 1.47

 

15.34 to 33.27

  

C-PEPTIDE (nM)

          

< 2.4

 Median

0.61

   

0.66

0.68

     

 Mean

0.70

2.10

+ 1.40

< 0.0001

0.75

0.76

+ 0.004

0.926

+  1.39

< 0.0001

 

 IQR

0.50 to 0.83

1.50 to 2.41

  

0.53 to 0.66

0.53 to 0.68

     

 Range

0.34 to 1.91

0.71 to 5.10

  

0.38 to 1.92

0.40 to 1.45

     

 95% CI

0.57 to 0.83

1.67 to 2.53

0.98 to 1.83

 

0.64 to 0.86

0.66 to 0.85

– 0.083 to 0.091

 

1.03 to 1.77

  

IGF-1 (nM)

          

5 to 28

 Median

18.60

18.45

  

18.10

17.90

     

 Mean

18.67

18.98

+ 0.31

0.541

18.30

18.88

+ 0.58

0.145

+ 0.62

0.672

 

 IQR

14.2 to 23.0

14.15 to 18.45

  

15.70 to 21.60

18.80 to 23.30

     

 Range

8.5 to 30.6

10.20 to 33.50

  

8.60 to 32.80

9.80 to 32.80

     

 95% CI

16.36 to 20.98

16.59 to 21.37

−0.72 to 1.35

 

16.34 to 20.25

16.89 to 20.86

– 0.21 to 1.36

 

−1.51 to 0.98

  

IGFBP-3 (mg/L)

          

2.9 to 5.1

 Median

4.55

4.05

  

4.20

4.40

     

 Mean

4.43

4.02

−0.42

< 0.0001

4.53

4.37

– 0.16

0.042

– 0.26

0.015

 

 IQR

3.95 to 5.05

3.50 to 4.58

  

4.00 to 5.30

3.80

     

 Range

3.00 to 5.60

2.70 to 5.20

  

2.80 to 6.50

2.80 to 5.60

     

 95% CI

4.11 to 4.75

3.74 to 4.30

−0.56 to −0.27

 

4.24 to 4.83

4.11 to 4.64

−0.31 to − 0.0061

 

−0.46 to − 0.051