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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: Responses to carvedilol were greater than those to atenolol, as follows : increase in total glucose disposal, 9. 54 mumol/kg of body weight per minute (95 % CI, 7 to 11. 9 mumol/kg per minute) ; decrease in plasma glucose response to oral glucose, 61 mmol/L x 180 minutes (CI, -101 to -21 mmol/L x 180 minutes) ; decrease in insulin response to oral glucose, 6. 2 nmol/L x 180 minutes (CI, -9. 8 to -2. 6 nmol/L x 180 minutes) ; decrease in triglyceride level, 0. 56 mmol/L (CI, -0. 75 to -0. 37 mmol/L ; P < 0. 001) ; increase in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol level, 0. 13 mmol/L (CI, 0. 09 to 0. 17 mmol/L ; P < 0. 001) ; and decrease in lipid peroxidation, 0. 25 mumol/L (CI, -0. 34 to -0. 16 mumol/L).