Fig. 3

Serum insulin levels were lower in the MetS/D-A group than in the MetS-A group. a Insulin levels were measured at minutes 0, 10, 20, 40, and 60 during the IVGTT protocol. b Area under the curve analysis revealed that MetS/D-A swine exhibited hypoinsulinemia as compared to the swine in the lean and MetS groups. *p < 0.05 compared with lean swine; ^†p < 0.05 compared with MetS swine. (Lean = 10; MetS = 5; MetS-A = 8; MetS/D-A = 8.)