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Table 10 Plasma concentration of ketone bodies

From: A randomized feasibility trial of medium chain triglyceride-supplemented ketogenic diet in people with Parkinson's disease

	AM		PM
SD	BHB	AcAc	BHB	AcAc
	mmol/mL	mmol/mL	mmol/mL	mmol/mL
D1	0.04 (0.03)	0.01 (0.01)	0.03 (0.02)	0.01 (0.01)
D2	0.04 (0.04)	0.01 (0.01)	0.02 (0.01)	0.01 (0.00)
D3	0.03 (0.02)	0.01 (0.01)	0.01 (0.01)	0.01 (0.00)
D4	0.03 (0.02)	0.01 (0.01)	0.02 (0.02)	0.01 (0.01)
D5	0.03 (0.02)	0.01 (0.01)	0.02 (0.01)	0.01 (0.00)
D6	0.05 (0.07)	0.02 (0.03)	0.03 (0.03)	0.01 (0.01)
D7	0.11 (0.11)	0.04 (0.04)
Wk3	1.1 (0.85)	0.37 (0.28)
	AM		PM
KD	BHB	AcAc	BHB	AcAc
	mmol/mL	mmol/mL	mmol/mL	mmol/mL
D1	0.03 (0.04)	0.01 (0.02)	0.06 (0.08)	0.02 (0.03)
D2	0.21 (0.22)	0.06 (0.06)	0.24 (0.21)	0.08 (0.06)
D3	0.28 (0.07)	0.1 (0.03)	0.6 (0.29)	0.21 (0.13)
D4	0.59 (0.25)	0.23 (0.09)	1.05 (0.31)	0.39 (0.13)
D5	0.5 (0.27)	0.17 (0.08)	0.83 (0.31)	0.27 (0.10)
D6	0.92 (0.79)	0.3 (0.27)	1.21 (0.82)	0.42 (0.29)
D7	1.25 (0.70)	0.42 (0.24)
Wk3	1.57 (1.05)	0.53 (0.31)

Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) acetoacetate (AcAc), mean (standard deviation). Top plot (SD) shows Standard Diet group and bottom plot shows Ketogenic Diet group. AM is fasting at 7am, and PM is post-prandial at 2PM.

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