“Fasting glucose production (in mg/kg per min) was significantly higher after prednisone : 3.7 +/- 0.2 vs. 2.9 +/- 0.2, P less than 0.001.”
“Suppression of glucose production at steady state plasma insulin level of approximately 100 microU/ml was less after prednisone (1.01 +/- 0.35 vs. 0.14 +/- 0.13, NS), and total at approximately 1,000 and approximately 10,000 microU/ml after both prednisone and placebo.”