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Ketone bodies - urine; Urine ketones
Normal Values
A negative test result is normal. When ketones are present in the urine, the results are usually listed as small, moderate, or large with these corresponding values:
Small: < 20 mg/dL
Moderate: 30 - 40 mg/dL
Large: > 80 mg/dL
Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.
What abnormal results mean
A positive test may indicate:
- Abnormal nutritional conditions
Anorexia - Fasting
- High protein or low carbohydrate diets
- Starvation
- Disorders of increased metabolism
- Acute or severe illness
- Burns
- Fever
Hyperthyroidism - Nursing a baby (lactation)
- Postsurgical condition
- Pregnancy
- Metabolic abnormalities, including uncontrolled diabetes or glycogen storage disease
- Vomiting frequently over a long period of time
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Review Date: 11/30/2009
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Herbert Y. Lin, MD, PHD, Nephrologist,
Massachusetts General Hospital; Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA,
Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
