Fig. 2

Severity of diabetes mellitus and mitochondrial disease. The severity of diabetes mellitus was represented with glycated hemoglobin (a). The severity of the mitochondrial disease was assessed with growth differentiation factor-15 (b) and lactate-to-pyruvate ratio (c). The values are plotted along the days that elapsed from the onset of the stroke-like episode. The reference value for growth differentiation factor-15 is below 707 pg/mL and that for lactate-to-pyruvate ratio is below 15. HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, GDF-15 growth differentiation factor-15