Table 5.

Biochemical blood parameters

Patient	Patient 1			Patient 2			Patient 3			Patient 4			Patient 5				Patient 6
Time on KD (days)	0	21	34	0	21	32	0	18	42	6	34	54	0	17	45	66	12	33	51
HbA1c (%)	5.7 (+)	5.5	5.4	NA	6.0 (+)	5.8 (+)	NA	5.1	5.3	5.3	5.5	5.5	5.7	5.5	NA	5.2	5.4	5.6	5.3
Glucose (mg/dl)	85	95	109	127 (+)	124 (+)	134 (+)	92	91	98	91	103	104	96	88	86	94	84	92	92
BHB (mmol/l)	0.03	0.33 (+)	0.24	0.08	0.20	0.11	0.22	1.17 (+)	0.43 (+)	0.81 (+)	1.31 (+)	0.98 (+)	NA	NA	NA	NA	0.53 (+)	0.41 (+)	0.68 (+)
LDL-C (mg/dl)	NA	126	137	53	60	83	112	92	62	84	68	87	63	78	98	84	177	174	189
HDL-C (mg/dl)	NA	57	59	45	47	64	78	83	85	56	59	65	51	45	57	33 (−)	73	93	89
Triglycerides (mg/dl)	NA	66	80	87	83	44	50	69	54	72	51	51	92	217 (+)	103	134	48	35	47
AST (U/l)	16	23	20	28	27	46	19	15	16	32	20	22	47	54 (+)	44	40	22	21	18
ALT (U/l)	11	13	12	51 (+)	42 (+)	50 (+)	18	21	17	28	NA	22	90 (+)	130 (+)	93 (+)	91 (+)	20	30	18
Gamma-GT (U/l)	10	8	9	367 (+)	275 (+)	428 (+)	25	20	14	33	NA	21	97 (+)	93 (+)	131 (+)	155.7 (+)	11	9	10
Creatinine (mg/dl)	0.74	0.70	0.72	0.63 (−)	0.75	0.77	0.89	0.90	0.92	1.01	1.00	0.78	1.02	1.02	1.14	1.07	0.69	0.68	0.72
CRP (mg/l)	1.4	NA	1.6	0.8	1.2	0.8	1.1	4.2	3.8	4.4	21.2 (+)	10.5 (+)	0.4	0.64	0.64	3.51	6.9 (+)	0.7	5.9 (+)
Insulin (mU/l)	12.6	8.7	15.6	12.0	16.7	11.1	5.3	6.1	6.7	11.0	15.5	13.1	NA	NA	NA	NA	4.2	3.6	3.6
IGF-1 (ng/ml)	202	187	203	272 (+)	266 (+)	228	101	99	131	144	177	132	NA	NA	NA	NA	115	184	164
TSH (mU/l)	NA	NA	NA	2.51	2.03	2.54	0.98	0.79	0.90	0.68	0.63	0.72	1.8	1.5	NA	1.8	3.89	2.64	2.77
Free T3 (pg/ml)	NA	NA	NA	2.89	2.16 (−)	2.53 (−)	3.58	2.71	3.01	2.65	2.63	2.54 (−)	NA	NA	NA	NA	2.44 (−)	2.07 (−)	2.20 (−)
Free T4 (ng/dl)	NA	NA	NA	1.18	0.99	1.07	1.23	1.22	1.15	1.70	1.56	1.39	NA	NA	NA	NA	1.06	0.88 (−)	0.98

Values outside the laboratory reference rages are indicated as either too low (−) or too high (+)