Vá para o banco de dados information_schema e faça uma seleção da tabela global_status:
mysql> use information_schema;
Database changed
mysql> select * from global_status where variable_name='aborted_clients';
+-----------------+----------------+
| VARIABLE_NAME | VARIABLE_VALUE |
+-----------------+----------------+
| ABORTED_CLIENTS | 22 |
+-----------------+----------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
mysql> select variable_value from global_status where variable_name='aborted_clients';
+----------------+
| variable_value |
+----------------+
| 22 |
+----------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)
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