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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabet Med. 2021 Jul 12;38(10):e14629. doi: 10.1111/dme.14629

Table 1.

Pertinent Laboratory Results

Laboratory Name Peak Value around time of Initial Presentation On Discharge from Initial Hospitalisation 6 Months Later (not associated with DKA) 2 Years Later (during DKA) Most Recent (2-2.5 Years Later)
Plasma lactate (mmol/L) (normal 0.5-2.2) ** 13.8 3.6 8.2 8.4 *
Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (U/L) (normal 12-32) 1482 248 32 218 17
Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) (U/L) (normal 5-32) 516 224 45 102 16
Lactate-to-pyruvate ratio (normal 10-20) 22 * * 22 *
Haemoglobin A1c (mmol/mol (%)) (normal < 41 (5.9)) 90 (10.4) * 102 (11.5) 125 (13.6) 73 (8.8)
*

Not tested at this time

**

Lactate Whole Blood Venous collected from Super Gas w/ Lactate Venous tested during initial hospitalisation (normal range 0.5-2.2mmol/L), Lactate Plasma tested 6 months and 2 years later (normal range 0.6-2.0 mmol/L)