Table 4.

Multivariate predictors for remaining off insulin 5 years after diagnosis with DKA in newly diagnosed diabetes mellitus

Variable	Step 1 (global model)		Step 2
	OR (95% CI)	p value	OR (95% CI)	p value
Demographics
Age	0.99 (0.93, 1.07)	0.916
Black (vs Coloured)	0.69 (0.14, 3.31)	0.646
History of smoking	0.26 (0.05, 1.42)	0.120
History of alcohol	0.32 (0.7, 1.4)	0.133
Examination
BMI	0.91 (0.79, 1.04)	0.171
Acanthosis nigricans present	67.13 (3.72, 1211.50)	0.004	11.52 (2.49, 53.18)	0.002
Diastolic BP	1.04 (0.97, 1.11)	0.306
Admission investigations
Bicarbonate	1.18 (0.97, 1.40)	0.062
Bloods phenotype
Total cholesterol	0.81 (0.47, 1.40)	0.488
Fasting C-peptide >0.3 nmol/l	2.00 (0.24, 16.96)	0.522
Fasting C-peptide < 0.2 nmol/l	0.56 (0.08, 3.99)	0.104
Anti-GAD or anti-IA-2 positive (>10 U/ml)	0.55 (0.08, 3.86)	0.565

χ² (1)=13.37, p<0.001; R²= 0.237