Table 3

The ratios of areas under the curve of incremental postprandial blood glucose and insulin for 2 h or 3 h after the ingestion of test confections.

Ratio of AUC (0–2 h)

Ratio of AUC (0–3 h)

Confections

Glucose

Insulin

Glucose

Insulin

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

Mizu-yokan-0

100.0^{a, b}

0.0

100.0^{g, h}

0.0

100.0^{n, o}

0.0

100.0^{s, t}

0.0

Mizu-yokan-1.5

59.6^a

25.0

59.2^{g, I}

35.9

59.9ⁿ

26.3

61.3^{s, u}

36.2

Mizu-yokan-3.0

49.6^b

36.3

26.7^{h, I}

2.9

53.4^o

39.1

26.7^{t, u}

2.9

Daifuku-mochi-0

100.0^{c, d}

0.0

100.0^j

0.0

100.0^{p, q}

0.0

100.0^v

0.0

Daifuku-mochi-1.5

69.5^c

24.7

63.3

40.4

68.5^p

23.0

67.0

36.8

Daifuku-mochi-3.0

53.8^d

17.9

34.0^j

17.6

58.2^q

18.1

35.7^v

20.2

Chiffon-cake-0

100.0^{e, f}

0.0

100.0^{k, l}

0.0

100.0^r

0.0

100.0^{w, x}

0.0

Chiffon-cake-3.0

62.0^e

23.7

51.4^{k, m}

19.4

64.2

22.6

59.6^{w, y}

21.7

Chiffon-cake-6.0

28.6^f

30.2

22.0^{l, m}

14.0

29.0^r

31.7

23.6^{x, y}

14.6

AUC, area under the curve; ELM, the extractive from leaves of Morus alba. Data is in each confection are described in experimental methods. There is a significant difference between same letters Tukey's post hoc test ANOVA (p < 0.05).

Nakamura et al. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 6:29   doi:10.1186/1743-7075-6-29