In many adults, particularly those with long-standing diabetes, the RTG may increase substantially. Thus, raised blood glucose levels may exist without glucose being detected in the urine. Conversely, some individuals, particularly children and pregnant women, may have very low or variable renal thresholds for glucose, resulting in glucose being present in the urine, even with normal blood glucose values. The higher the renal function value, the better they work. The insulin sensitivities used by AIDA on-line refer to normalised values which represent the liver and periphery's sensitivity to insulin.
Different people respond to insulin in different ways.
I.e. with low insulin sensitivity a lot of insulin is required to have a small effect on the blood glucose profile, while with a high insulin sensitivity a small amount of insulin is required to have a large effect on the blood glucose profile. The liver value represents the insulin sensitivity of the liver while the peripheral value represents the insulin sensitivity of the rest of the body. For more information about linking to the AIDA Website please click here . It is not meant for individual blood glucose prediction or therapy planning. Caveats This Web page was last updated on 15th December, 2000.