LPL and type 1 diabetes mellitus: In addition, reduced activity of lipoprotein lipase in peripheral tissue decreases their removal from the plasma, resulting in hypertriglyceridemia during episodes of DKA.28 Also cholesterol levels could be higher in DKA patients as a consequence of dehydration but not as often or as much as plasma triglycerides.29 Differently from the T1DM onset, at the follow-up visit we observed similar levels of triglycerides and a similar prevalence of abnormal triglycerides levels comparing participants with and without ESS (Table 1).