- Demographic and diabetes-related characteristics by diabetes ketoacidosis (DKA) severity.
| Parameter | Overall, N=156 | DKA severity | P-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild n=47 | Moderate n=61 | Severe n=48 | |||
| Age category | |||||
| Infant | 3 (1.9%) | 1 (2.1%) | 0 (0.0%) | 2 (4.2%) | <0.001 |
| Toddler | 15 (9.6%) | 1 (2.1%) | 6 (9.8%) | 8 (16.7%) | |
| Early childhood | 33 (21.2%) | 6 (12.8%) | 18 (29.5%) | 9 (18.8%) | |
| Middle childhood | 84 (53.8%) | 37 (78.7%) | 26 (42.6%) | 21 (43.8%) | |
| Early adolescence | 21 (13.5%) | 2 (4.3%) | 11 (18.0%) | 8 (16.7%) | |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 84 (54.5%) | 25 (53.2%) | 35 (58.3%) | 24 (51.1%) | 0.778 |
| Female | 70 (45.5%) | 22 (46.8%) | 25 (41.7%) | 23 (48.9%) | |
| Nationality | |||||
| Saudi | 80 (51.9%) | 29 (61.7%) | 32 (53.3%) | 19 (40.4%) | 0.108 |
| Non-Saudi | 74 (48.1%) | 18 (38.3%) | 28 (46.7%) | 28 (59.6%) | |
| Economic status | |||||
| Good | 83 (53.2%) | 30 (63.8%) | 33 (54.1%) | 20 (41.7%) | 0.096 |
| Low | 73 (46.8%) | 17 (36.2%) | 28 (45.9%) | 28 (58.3%) | |