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

Table 4

Correlation between exhaled acetone concentration and other clinical variables.

	Correlation coefficient (𝑟)	P
FBG	0.428	<0.001
Blood β-hydroxybutyrate	0.817	<0.001
Urine ketone	0.581	<0.001
LDL-C	0.255	0.047
Cr	0.385	0.002
BUN	0.362	0.003

FBG: fasting blood glucose; LDL-C: low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; Cr: creatinine; BUN: blood urea nitrogen.