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ea0007p43 | Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular | BES2004

Improvements in glucose utilisation immediately following exercise in patients with and without type 2 diabetes seem to be independent of improvements in insulin sensitivity

Macdonald A , Harrison M , Bone A , Watt P

Aim: Acute bouts of exercise are known to have a beneficial effect on glucose homeostasis immediately following exercise in people with Type 2 Diabetes. Evidence suggests that this effect is independent of the effects of insulin. In this study we compare recently developed indices of insulin sensitivity derived from the oral glucose tolerance test to determine whether the improvements in glucose homeostasis following physical activity are independent of the effects of insulin....