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Table 2 Baseline blood glucose and insulin values of the different experimental groups

From: Cardioprotective efficacy depends critically on pharmacological dose, duration of ischaemia, health status of animals and choice of anaesthetic regimen: a case study with folic acid

 

Pentobarbital

Propofol/Fentanyl

Animals

Glucose (mM)

Insulin (ng/ml)

Glucose (mM)

Insulin (ng/ml)

Young (2–4 mo)

6.7 (0.1)

2.6 (0.2)

6.3 (0.2)

2.6 (0.4)

Old (>20 mo)

5.9 (0.3)

5.0 (0.9)

6.0 (0.3)

5.4 (0.9)

Zucker (3–4 mo)

7.8* (0.4)

22.9* (1.1)

7.1 (0.5)

19.8* (1.5)

  1. *< p <0.05 vs Young.