Effect of intensive vs conventional insulin therapy on perioperative nutritional substrates metabolism in patients undergoing gastrectomy

Figure 2 Energy metabolism. REE: Resting energy expenditure; RQ: Respiratory quotient; REE/kg: Resting energy expenditure per kilogram; LOR: Lipid oxidation ratio; Solid-line curve represented intensive insulin therapy group. Dotted-line curve was conventional insulin therapy group. ^aP < 0.05 vs conventional insulin therapy (CIT). IIT: Intensive insulin therapy.