Postprandial Glycaemic and Insulinaemic Responses after Consumption of Activated Wheat and Triticale Grain Flakes
Table 2
Plasma glucose response, expressed as iAUC (in mmol∗min/L), and serum insulin response, expressed as iAUC (in microIU∗min/mL) after a meal of activated wheat flakes or a glucose standard.
Test variables
Activated wheat flakes
Glucose standard
Significance
Plasma glucose response
Fasting concentration (mmol/L)
5.0 ± 0.3
5.1 ± 0.3
iAUC 0–15 min
10.7 ± 3.3
19.0 ± 3.5
0.001
iAUC 0–30 min
24.2 ± 6.2
42.6 ± 6.3
<0.001
iAUC 0–45 min
38.2 ± 9.8
68.3 ± 9.6
<0.001
iAUC 0–60 min
48.6 ± 12.5
86.7 ± 12.9
0.001
iAUC 0–90 min
65.8 ± 15.6
101.7 ± 21.1
0.002
iAUC 0–120 min
78.1 ± 16.0
104.2 ± 25.6
0.012
Serum insulin response
Fasting concentration (microIU/ml)
9.7 ± 9.6
9.3 ± 7.2
iAUC 0–15 min
132.8 ± 95.3
218.4 ± 121.6
0.122
iAUC 0–30 min
349.5 ± 261.9
534.5 ± 312.7
0.171
iAUC 0–45 min
629.2 ± 464.6
966.0 ± 570.4
0.171
iAUC 0–60 min
868.7 ± 597.2
1360.7 ± 758.4
0.102
iAUC 0–90 min
1255.6 ± 779.5
1862.0 ± 952.3
0.102
iAUC 0–120 min
1525.7 ± 897.3
2056.6 ± 1046.5
0.171
iAUC: incremental area under curve; values are means ± SD; n = 9; the p value indicate the statistically significant difference between activated wheat flakes and glucose standard solution.
