calculated adipocyte glucose uptake measurement absolute change in adipocyte glucose uptake 2012-07-02T11:53:42Z CMO:0000873 JSmith The difference in the amount of glucose transported into a fat cell between two conditions, for example between the basal or baseline state and a stimulated state, such as occurs with administration of insulin. The term "absolute change" refers to the subtraction of one value from another, as opposed to a dissimilarity of two values expressed as a ratio or as a percentage. In this context it is not intended to necessarily imply the difference expressed as an absolute value |n|, that is, the numeric value of the difference without regard to its sign. VT:0004185 clinical_measurement_ontology incremental glucose uptake