Table 3.
Blood insulin, glucagon, amylase, cortisol, and glucose levels in the right heart blood
| Cause of death | Number (n) |
Right heart blood | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Insulin (μIU/mL) (median) |
Glucagon (pg/mL) (median) |
Amylase (U/L) (median) |
Cortisol (μg/dL) (median) |
Glucose (mg/dL) (median) |
||
| Asphyxia | 22 | 1.0–26.4 (5.0) | 224–2445 (440) | 15–412 (86) | 3.3–24.6 (9.6) | 7–830 (302.5) |
| Blunt injury | 15 | 1.1–24.4 (3.7) | 175–1630 (305) | 29–231 (77) | 2.7–61.2 (13.8) | 3–502 (167) |
| Head injury | 6 | 1.1–24.4 (3.5) | 213–820 (371) | 58–231 (120) | 2.7–61.2 (9.9) | 3–185 (97) |
| Non-head injury | 9 | 1.3–8.9 (4.3) | 175–1630 (305) | 29–135 (34) | 3.4–31.8 (13.9) | 50–502 (325) |
| Sharp instrument injury | 11 | 0.3–6.2 (2.9) | 126–3550 (350) | 32–126 (49) | 0.2–19.6 (10.3) | 1–440 (90) |
| Fire fatality | 23 | 0.3–10.5 (1.7) | 130–700 (226) | 14–216 (26) | 2.3–39.0 (13.1) | 4–708 (121) |
| CO-Hb < 30% | 12 | 0.3–5.1 (1.5) | 130–700 (239.5) | 15–37 (19) | 3.0–39.0 (14.5) | 4–441 (131) |
| CO-Hb 30–60% | 6 | 1.1–3.9 (1.8) | 178–358 (201) | 14–216 (15) | 2.3–20.6 (9.6) | 32–708 (228.5) |
| CO-Hb > 60% | 5 | 0.3–10.5 (3.1) | 182–287 (229) | 15–48 (39) | 10.2–27.3 (23.8) | 34–680 (110) |
| Drowning | 11 | 0.8–4.5 (1.8) | 68–1270 (275) | 28–147 (45) | 3.4–33.0 (14.4) | 1–693 (273) |
| Acute cardiac death | 12 | 0.7–8.7 (2.9) | 188–1418 (492.5) | 30–654 (92) | 4.8–72.5 (10.9) | 1–546 (248.5) |
| Total | 94 | 0.3–26.4 (2.8) | 68–3550 (299.5) | 14–654 (43) | 0.2–72.5 (12.7) | 1–830 (217.5) |
CO-Hb carbon monoxide hemoglobin