Blood glycerol meaning in obese patients.

The authors studied the behaviour of blood glycerol concentration after glycerol i.v. infusion in obese and normal subjects. The aim of research was to clarify the meaning of blood glycerol increase observed by some one in obese subjects. Results obtained showed that in obese subjects there is not any abnormal behaviour of blood glycerol concentration after infusion and that in none of patients studied was observed any significative increase of basal blood glycerol concentration values.