Breath Ketone Testing: A New Biomarker for Diagnosis and Therapeutic Monitoring of Diabetic Ketosis

Table 3

Incidence of positive blood β-hydroxybutyrate and exhaled acetone detection in each group.

	1; Urine ketone (−)	2; Urine ketone (±)	3; Urine ketone (+)	4; Urine ketone (++)	5; Urine ketone (+++)	P
Blood β-hydroxybutyrate	6.7%	14.3%	43.5%	71.4%	89.5%	<0.001
Acetone in the breath	18.8%	20%	60%	80%	92.9%	<0.001