Chronic intestinal ischemia and splanchnic blood-flow: Reference values and correlation with body-composition

Table 2 Results of glucose, splanchnic blood flow and oxygen consumption from 20 healthy volunteers and 29 patients suspected of chronic intestinal ischemia but normal intestinal arteries

	Healthy volunteers		Patients suspected of CII, normal angiography
	Female	Male	Female	Male	P value
	n = 10	n = 10	n = 15	n = 14
Fasting plasma glucose (mmol/L)	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.6	0.59
	(5.1-6.9)	(5.2-6.9)	(4.5-11.6)	(4.7-7.5)
Postprandial plasma glucose (mmol/L)	6.8b	7.2b	7.0b	7.2b	0.27
	(5.9-7.8)	(6.3-8.8)	(5.4-12.1)	(5.9-9.9)
Mean fasting SBF (mL/min)	1044	1129	1040	1123	0.95
	(731-1319)	(800-1390)	(619-2781)	(429-2740)
Mean postprandial SBF (mL/min)	1731b	1844b	1581b	1863b	0.54
	(1386-1987)	(1485-2343)	(906-2340)	(1332-3163)
Postprandial rise in SBF (mL/min)	686	714	542	707	0.47
	(515-915)	(314-1145)	(-441-1014)	(293-1325)
Mean fasting oxygen consumption (mL/min)	43.4	58.1	44.5	51.8	0.48
	(32.1-53.8)	(40.5-84.5)	(34.6-76.1)	(15.2-78.2)
Mean postprandial oxygen consumption (mL/min)	65.5b	89.6b	68.3b	82.2b	0.63
	(49.1-84.0)	(60.1-118.9)	(46.2-104.7)	(45.0-118.2)

All results are given as mean and range. The P value is the comparison difference between healthy volunteers and patients.

^bP < 0.001 vs fasting values. CII: Chronic intestinal ischemia; SBF: Splanchnic blood flow.