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Table 1 Mean and within-individual variation of glycemic responses elicited by doses of white bread containing 0, 5, 10 and 20 g available carbohydrate.

From: Equivalent glycemic load (EGL): a method for quantifying the glycemic responses elicited by low carbohydrate foods

  

WB0

WB5

WB10

WB20

10 subjects with 2 – 4 repeated tests of each dose

n1

2.0

2.3

2.4

2.3

 

AUC2

9.2 ± 6.1

21.7 ± 12.4

42.5 ± 16.7

87.9 ± 34.6

 

CV3

85 ± 56%

73 ± 35%

48 ± 35%

35 ± 23%

9 subjects with 3 – 6 repeated tests of each dose

n

3.7

3.6

3.8

3.7

 

AUC

11.8 ± 10.3

27.6 ± 14.9

49.0 ± 21.6

90.6 ± 27.5

 

CV

103 ± 44%

59 ± 16%

44 ± 20%

30 ± 11%

9 subjects with 4 – 7 repeated tests of each dose

n

5.1

4.6

5.3

5.2

 

AUC

8.1 ± 6.4

37.3 ± 22.6

65.7 ± 16.2

115.0 ± 27.3

 

CV

95 ± 53%

62 ± 19%

30 ± 15%

26 ± 13%

All 28 Subjects

CV

94 ± 50%a

65 ± 25%b

41 ± 26%c

31 ± 16%c

  1. 1 mean number of tests of each dose done by each subject.
  2. 2 Mean ± SD incremental area under the glucose curve (mmol × min/L).
  3. 3 Mean ± SD of within-subject coefficients of variation.
  4. abc Means with different letter superscripts differ significantly, p < 0.05.