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Early insulin release after oral glucose is absent in protein-calorie malnutrition (PCM). There is an increase of the insulin-glucose ratio at 10 and 15 min induced by potassium supplementation compared to a similar group receiving an identical diet without supplementary potassium. This suggests that impaired insulin secretion in PCM is in part due to a potassium mediated disturbance of insulin release.
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Becker, D.J., Mann, M.D., Weinkove, E. et al. Early insulin release and its response to potassium supplementation in protein-calorie malnutrition. Diabetologia 11, 237–239 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422328
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