1. Results supporting the validity of TEF as a descriptor of posttransplant β-cell secretion.
Results supporting the validity of TEF as a descriptor of posttransplant β-cell secretion. A: Relationship of TEF with the 24-h AUC(C-pep) in 16 IAK and 5 ITA transplant recipients. B: Average 24-h C-peptide concentration profiles measured in the three groups of subjects corresponding to the tertiles of distribution of TEF (the dotted lines are meal times). One-sided SDs are shown to allow appreciation of the C-peptide overlap/separation of the tertiles. Subjects were divided according to TEF tertiles (I, −0.07–0.56 unit · kg−1 · 24 h−1, n = 7; II, 0.57–0.87 unit · kg−1 · 24 h−1, n = 7; III, 0.88–1.84 unit · kg−1 · 24 h−1, n = 7).
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