People with type II diabetes mellitus have defective insulin receptors that cannot respond to insulin properly
Relative to normal individuals, what would be the effect on blood glucose levels under conditions of chronic stress that kept blood cortisol levels high? There would be _____.
A) a greater increase in blood glucose levels in individuals with type II diabetes mellitus than in normal individuals
B) less increase in blood glucose levels in individuals with type II diabetes mellitus than in normal individuals
C) be a greater decrease in blood glucose levels in individuals with type II diabetes mellitus than in normal individuals
D) less decrease in blood glucose levels in individuals with type II diabetes mellitus than in normal individuals
E) about the same effect on blood glucose levels in both types of individuals
Answer: A
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