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. 2021 May 21;70(8):1898–1909. doi: 10.2337/db21-0066

Table 1.

Demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical characteristics of groups

Control subjects T2D patients with hyperglycemia KPD patients with DKA T1D patients with DKA
N 17 21 53 21
Age (years) 34.7 ± 2.53 50.7 ± 2.48a 41.7 ± 1.8b 34.3 ± 3.4bc
Women/men 4/13 12/9 19/34 9/12
Ethnicity (AA/C/H) 8/1/8 7/3/11 16/9/28 10/2/9
BMI (kg/m2) 33.5 ± 0.9 32.3 ± 1.8 27.2 ± 0.9ab 23.6 ± 1.3abc
Overweight or obese (%) 100 90.5 54.7 33.3
Glucose (mg/dL) 89 ± 2.2 540 ± 36a 402 ± 30ab 413 ± 37a
Lactate (mmol/L) 1.0 ± 0.10 3.32 ± 0.34a 2.20 ± 0.19ab 2.53 ± 0.27a
Venous pH n/a 7.36 ± 0.01 7.23 ± 0.02b 7.23 ± 0.03b
BOHB (mmol/L) n/a 0.57 ± 0.1 7.3 ± 0.5b 7.5 ± 0.8b
Total carbon dioxide (mmol/L) 22.4 ± 0.7 23.6 ± 1.2 15.4 ± 0.8ab 14.1 ± 1.3ab
Anion gap (mEq/L) n/a 14.4 ± 1.1 16.9 ± 0.6 18.6 ± 1.4b
New-onset diabetes, n (%) 0 12 (23) 3 (14)
BUN (mg/dL) 11.9 ± 0.6 21.5 ± 3.9 22.8 ± 2.9 22.9 ± 2.3
Creatinine (mg/dL) 0.9 ± 0.04 1.13 ± 0.15 1.08 ± 0.15 1.04 ± 0.1
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 14.5 ± 0.4 12.8 ± 0.6 14.4 ± 0.3b 14.3 ± 0.4
Albumin (g/dL) 4.4 ± 0.06 3.5 ± 0.3a 3.6 ± 0.11a 3.8 ± 0.18
AST (IU/L) 22.9 ± 1.9 34.5 ± 5.6 27.1 ± 3.8 20.9 ± 2.9
ALT (IU/L) 28.8 ± 4.5 41.1 ± 6.6 37.3 ± 4.5 27.7 ± 3.6
Total bilirubin (mg/dL) 0.44 ± 0.06 0.56 ± 0.11 0.66 ± 0.05 0.74 ± 0.11
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 116 ± 19 257 ± 59a 174 ± 16 146 ± 25
HDL-C (mg/dL) 48.3 ± 3.2 47.3 ± 5.9 52.0 ± 3.2 58.5 ± 5.7

Data are means ± SEM or absolute numbers unless otherwise indicated. AA, African American; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; C, Caucasian; HDL-C, HDL cholesterol; H, Hispanic; n/a, not available.

a

Value significantly different from that for control subjects (P < 0.05, one-way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test).

b

Value significantly different from that for T2D group (P < 0.05, one-way ANOVA with Tukey post hoc test).

c

Value significantly different from that for KPD group (P < 0.05, nonpaired t test).