Table 1. Patient's laboratory values before, during and after ketogenic diet.
KD: Ketogenic diet; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine aminotransferase; LDL-C: Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Tot-C: Total cholesterol; HDL-C: High-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG: Triglycerides.
| Laboratory reference ranges | Prior to KD | During KD | Two weeks after KD | Eight months after KD | One year after KD |
| AST (15-41 U/L) | 21 U/L | 67 U/L | 55 U/L | 27 U/L | - |
| ALT (10-35 U/L) | 18 U/L | 119 U/L | 80 U/L | 25 U/L | - |
| LDL-C (40-130 mg/dL) | 156 mg/dL | 216 mg/dL | 209 mg/dL | 157 mg/dL | 80 mg/dL |
| Tot-C (0-200 mg/dL) | 271 mg/dL | 323 mg/dL | - | 268 mg/dL | - |
| HDL-C (>39 mg/dL) | 102 mg/dL | 98 mg/dL | - | 84 mg/dL | - |
| TG (0-150 mg/dL) | 66 mg/dL | 45 mg/dL | - | 133 mg/dL | - |