The Impact of Hyperglycemic Emergencies on the Kidney and Liver
Table 4
Clinical and biochemical characteristics of the mild/moderate and severe DKA patients at admission.
Variables
Mild/moderate DKA ()
Severe DKA ()
value
Female/male ()
15/10
7/8
0.517
Age (years)
0.198
Duration of diabetes (years)
8.00 (0.00–26.00)
5.00 (0.00–15.00)
0.134
Plasma glucose (mmol/L)
0.914
HbA1c (%)
0.837
Arterial pH
<0.001
HCO3 (mmol/L)
<0.001
Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)
0.445
Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)
0.702
-glutamyl transpeptidase (U/L)
0.239
Total bilirubin (μmol/L)
0.926
Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)
0.641
Total protein (g/L)
0.838
Albumin (g/L)
0.309
Globulin (g/L)
0.686
Prealbumin (mg/dL)
0.010
Serum creatinine (μmol/L)
0.618
eGFR (mL/min per 1.73 m2)
0.906
Uric acid (μmol/L)
0.192
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).