The excretion of glucose in the urine of a diabetic patient is a result of the inability of the kidney tubules to reabsorb a normal amount of glucose in the absence of insulin.

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The excretion of glucose in the urine of a diabetic patient is primarily due to elevated blood glucose levels exceeding the renal threshold for glucose reabsorption, not directly due to the absence of insulin affecting the kidney tubules' ability to reabsorb glucose.

The Excretion of Glucose in the Urine of a Diabetic