Research Article

Glycaemic Response to Quality Protein Maize Grits

Table 4

Estimates of glycemic indices of the test foods ( 𝑁 = 1 0 ).

Test FoodMean GISEM

Pure QPM gritsNormal A 80.2917.11
Controlled for Initial Glucose B 80.2916.14
Bootstrapped C 80.3614.24

Milled riceNormal A 119.8922.65
Controlled for Initial Glucose B 119.3219.81
Bootstrapped C 119.7818.81

Rice-QPM grits mixtureNormal A 91.2933.61
Controlled for Initial Glucose B 90.9222.08
Bootstrapped C 93.1727.27

A Based on the assumption that the observations are normally distributed.
B Based on the regression model that controls for the initial glucose level.
C Bias-corrected based on the bootstrap estimate of 500 replications.