Editing Insulin (section)

=== Blood insulin level ===
{{Further |Insulin index}}
[[File:Suckale08 fig3 glucose insulin day.png|250px|thumb|The idealized diagram shows the fluctuation of [[blood sugar]] (red) and the sugar-lowering hormone '''insulin''' (blue) in humans during the course of a day containing three meals. In addition, the effect of a [[sucrose|sugar]]-rich versus a [[starch]]-rich meal is highlighted.]]
The blood insulin level can be measured in [[international unit]]s, such as μIU/mL or in [[molar concentration]], such as pmol/L, where 1 μIU/mL equals 6.945 pmol/L.<ref>{{cite web |title=A Dictionary of Units of Measurement |url=http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/clinical_data.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028105836/http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/scales/clinical_data.html |archive-date=28 October 2013 |vauthors=Rowlett R |publisher=The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |date=13 June 2001}}</ref> A typical blood level between meals is 8–11 μIU/mL (57–79 pmol/L).<ref name="pmid11056282">{{cite journal |vauthors=Iwase H, Kobayashi M, Nakajima M, Takatori T |title=The ratio of insulin to C-peptide can be used to make a forensic diagnosis of exogenous insulin overdosage |journal=Forensic Science International |volume=115 |issue=1–2 |pages=123–127 |date=January 2001 |pmid=11056282 |doi=10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00298-X}}</ref>