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Table 3 Hormonal and biochemical levels in acute and recovered DKA patients

From: Clinical, hormonal, and biochemical characteristics of 70 chinese children with moderate to severe type 1 diabetic ketoacidosis

Indices

Severe DKA

Moderate DKA

P value

Recovered severe DKA

P value

Recovered moderate DKA

P value

FT3 (pmol/L)

3.8 (3.21–4.41)

4.26 (3.63–5.41)

0.029

5.4 (4.47–6.43)

< 0.001

5.44 (4.68–6.23)

< 0.001

FT4 (pmol/L)

9.59 (7.40–12.34)

11.04 (8.41–13.54)

0.093

12.16 (10.98–13.97)

< 0.001

11.52 (10–13.2)

0.461

TT3 (nmol/L)

0.54 (0.34–0.82)

0.81 (0.40–1.0)

0.106

1.2 (0.82–1.53)

< 0.001

1.2 (0.89–1.65)

< 0.001

TT4 (nmol/L)

60.3 (42.39–89.96)

74.55 (63.2–89.64)

0.365

99.54 (85.06–112.4)

< 0.001

90.11 (85.45–111.7)

< 0.001

TSH (µIU/ml)

1.69 (0.27–3.01)

2.13 (0.73–3.26)

0.863

2.1 (1.25–3.2)

0.320

2.26 (1.44–3.43)

0.131

Ionized calcium (mmol/L)

1.32 (1.20–1.42)

1.23 (1.13–1.3)

0.003

1.23 (1.18–1.29)

0.006

1.23 (1.16–1.26)

0.657

TGs (mmol/L)

3.82 (1.67–5.85)

1.86 (1.08–2.75)

0.002

1.12 (0.70–1.55)

< 0.001

0.87 (0.67–1.33)

< 0.001

TC (mmol/L)

5.38 (4.42–6.76)

4.86 (4.24–5.92)

0.116

4.04 (3.45–5.49)

< 0.001

3.88 (3.12–5.06)

0.005

HDL (mmol/L)

1.2 (0.89–1.63)

1.15 (0.85–1.48)

0.658

1.66 (1.34–2.05)

< 0.001

1.41 (1.18–1.9)

< 0.001

LDL (mmol/L)

2.79 (2.08–3.62)

2.71 (2.31–3.78)

0.719

2.3 (1.95–3.12)

0.153

2.46 (1.9–2.84)

0.067