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Table 5 Biochemical blood parameters

From: Impact of a ketogenic diet intervention during radiotherapy on body composition: I. Initial clinical experience with six prospectively studied patients

Patient

Patient 1

Patient 2

Patient 3

Patient 4

Patient 5

Patient 6

Time on KD (days)

0

21

34

0

21

32

0

18

42

6

34

54

0

17

45

66

12

33

51

HbA1c (%)

5.7 (+)

5.5

5.4

NA

6.0 (+)

5.8 (+)

NA

5.1

5.3

5.3

5.5

5.5

5.7

5.5

NA

5.2

5.4

5.6

5.3

Glucose (mg/dl)

85

95

109

127 (+)

124 (+)

134 (+)

92

91

98

91

103

104

96

88

86

94

84

92

92

BHB (mmol/l)

0.03

0.33 (+)

0.24

0.08

0.20

0.11

0.22

1.17 (+)

0.43 (+)

0.81 (+)

1.31 (+)

0.98 (+)

NA

NA

NA

NA

0.53 (+)

0.41 (+)

0.68 (+)

LDL-C (mg/dl)

NA

126

137

53

60

83

112

92

62

84

68

87

63

78

98

84

177

174

189

HDL-C (mg/dl)

NA

57

59

45

47

64

78

83

85

56

59

65

51

45

57

33 (−)

73

93

89

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

NA

66

80

87

83

44

50

69

54

72

51

51

92

217 (+)

103

134

48

35

47

AST (U/l)

16

23

20

28

27

46

19

15

16

32

20

22

47

54 (+)

44

40

22

21

18

ALT (U/l)

11

13

12

51 (+)

42 (+)

50 (+)

18

21

17

28

NA

22

90 (+)

130 (+)

93 (+)

91 (+)

20

30

18

Gamma-GT (U/l)

10

8

9

367 (+)

275 (+)

428 (+)

25

20

14

33

NA

21

97 (+)

93 (+)

131 (+)

155.7 (+)

11

9

10

Creatinine (mg/dl)

0.74

0.70

0.72

0.63 (−)

0.75

0.77

0.89

0.90

0.92

1.01

1.00

0.78

1.02

1.02

1.14

1.07

0.69

0.68

0.72

CRP (mg/l)

1.4

NA

1.6

0.8

1.2

0.8

1.1

4.2

3.8

4.4

21.2 (+)

10.5 (+)

0.4

0.64

0.64

3.51

6.9 (+)

0.7

5.9 (+)

Insulin (mU/l)

12.6

8.7

15.6

12.0

16.7

11.1

5.3

6.1

6.7

11.0

15.5

13.1

NA

NA

NA

NA

4.2

3.6

3.6

IGF-1 (ng/ml)

202

187

203

272 (+)

266 (+)

228

101

99

131

144

177

132

NA

NA

NA

NA

115

184

164

TSH (mU/l)

NA

NA

NA

2.51

2.03

2.54

0.98

0.79

0.90

0.68

0.63

0.72

1.8

1.5

NA

1.8

3.89

2.64

2.77

Free T3 (pg/ml)

NA

NA

NA

2.89

2.16 (−)

2.53 (−)

3.58

2.71

3.01

2.65

2.63

2.54 (−)

NA

NA

NA

NA

2.44 (−)

2.07 (−)

2.20 (−)

Free T4 (ng/dl)

NA

NA

NA

1.18

0.99

1.07

1.23

1.22

1.15

1.70

1.56

1.39

NA

NA

NA

NA

1.06

0.88 (−)

0.98

  1. Values outside the laboratory reference rages are indicated as either too low (−) or too high (+)