| Table 1: Steady state plasma insulin concentrations and their effects on systemic hemodynamics and sympathetic nervous activity | ||||||||
| Insulin infusion dose, mU/m2 per minute; mean value (and SEM) | ||||||||
| Measure | 0 (baseline) | 10 | 20 | 40 | 100 | 300 | 600 | 1 200 |
| Plasma insulin, pmol/L | 51(8) | 332(82) | 244(27) | 451(25) | 1 189 (109) | 6 087 (372) | 13 366 (1041) | 32 838 (1246) |
| Mean arterial pressure, mm Hg | 92(6) | 90(5) | 93(5) | 96(7) | 87(3) | 88(6) | 90(6) | 93(6) |
| Heart rate, beats per minute | 62(3) | 59(3) | 61(2) | 63(2) | 63(3) | 63(3) | 64(3) | 65(4) |
| Plasma norpepinephrine, nmol/L | 0.93(0.15) | 1.12(0.17) | 1.00(0.17) | 0.97(0.16) | 0.97(0.23) | 0.92(0.18) | 0.86(0.18) | 0.98(0.12) |
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