Clinical Study

The Impact of Hyperglycemic Emergencies on the Kidney and Liver

Table 2

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the T1D and T2D patients with DKA at admission.

VariablesT1D ( )T2D ( ) value

Female/male ( )13/69/120.105
Age (years) 0.001
Duration of diabetes (years)7.00 (0.00–26.00)5.00 (0.00–15.00)0.455
Plasma glucose (mmol/L) 0.035
HbA1c (%) 0.214
Arterial pH 0.486
HCO3 (mmol/L) 0.420
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L) 0.880
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L) 0.782
-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L) 0.643
Total bilirubin (μmol/L) 0.843
Direct bilirubin (μmol/L) 0.597
Total protein (g/L) 0.632
Albumin (g/L) 0.463
Globulin (g/L) 0.061
Prealbumin (mg/dL) 0.775
Serum creatinine (μmol/L) 0.399
eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2) 0.490
Uric acid (μmol/L) 0.746

All values in the table are given as the mean ± standard deviation, except for the duration of diabetes, which is given as the median and range (min–max).