Table 1.

Indexes Dk and Dk100 (mean value and range) in patients with increased one or more of the cellular components of blood and controls.

Clinical settings	Dk (mmol/L)	Dk 100 (mmol/L)
Thrombocytosis (n=129)	0.82 (0.01–1.90)*	0.12 (0.00–0.28)
Leucocytosis (n=29)	0.22 (0.01–0.76)†	0.20 (0.01–1.80)
Erythrocytosis (n=95)	0.39 (0.02–0.73)‡	0.15 (0.01–0.37)
Mixed type disorders (n=182)	0.82 (0.00–2.61)δ	0.15 (0.00–9.14)
Controls (n=30)	0.27 (0.02–0.42)¶	0.11 (0.02–0.21)

Dk: serum potassium concentration-plasma potassium concentration, Dk100: Dk x 100,000 /platelet count.

* vs ¶, P<0.001, † vs ¶, P=0.74, ‡ vs ¶, P<0.001, δ vs ¶, P<0.001.

* vs ‡, P<0.001, δ vs ‡, P<0.001.

Reprinted from Sevastos et al¹⁸ (J Lab Clin Med 2006;147:139–144) with permission from Elsevier. Copyright 2006 Elsevier.