Relationship of the Cold-Heat Sensation of the Limbs and Abdomen with Physiological Biomarkers

Table 5

Differences in plasma glucose and insulin during OGTT across Cold-Heat sensation score groups adjusted for age, gender, and BMI.

	Hand score			Leg score			Abdomen score
	Cold	Medium	Warm	Cold	Medium	Warm	Cold	Medium	Warm
GLU.0 (mg/dL)	ref	1.23	1.53	ref	0.66	1.11	ref	−0.75	−1.54
GLU.30 (mg/dL)	ref	7.22^†	7.14^†	ref	4.62	2.87	ref	0.6	−2.49
GLU.60 (mg/dL)	ref	5.83	10.99^†	ref	4.49	7.79	ref	−1.66	1.63
GLU.90 (mg/dL)	ref	8.19^†	10.08^‡	ref	5.61	6.50	ref	0.6	0.31
GLU.120 (mg/dL)	ref	6.94^†	8.76^‡	ref	2.11	3.8	ref	2.78	3.9
GLU.180 (mg/dL)	ref	3.69	3.82	ref	0.46	1.83	ref	1.59	0.81
Insulin.0 (mIU/dL)	ref	−0.68	−0.33	ref	−0.29	−0.72	ref	−0.22	−1.24
Insulin.30 (mIU/dL)	ref	−1.02	−4.77	ref	−1.3	−7.33	ref	−1.53	−11.3
Insulin.60 (mIU/dL)	ref	3.68	0.51	ref	1.58	−4.32	ref	−8.39	−13.28
Insulin.90 (mIU/dL)	ref	3.85	3.79	ref	2.59	1.6	ref	−3.28	−7.83
Insulin.120 (mIU/dL)	ref	6.26	6.42	ref	3.09	2.17	ref	−1.62	−2.4
Insulin.180 (mIU/dL)	ref	4.12	4.10	ref	0.94	−0.3	ref	0.45	−3.27

Data are mean difference compared with cold group.
ANCOVA analysis adjusted for age, gender, and BMI. Significant level: ; ; .