isolated lack of cortisol increase caused a approximately 22 % decrease in hepatic glucose production ( p less than 0.01 ) and a approximately 15 % increase in peripheral glucose utilization ( p less than 0.01 ) , which resulted in greater hypoglycemia ( 37 +/- 2 vs. 52 +/- 2 mg/dl , p less than 0.01 ) despite compensatory increases in plasma epinephrine .
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glucose
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hypoglycemia