Table 4.

- Clinical signs in known versus new patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus presenting with diabetic ketoacidosis.

Clinical manifestations	Known patients (n=70, 47.6%)	New patients (n=77, 52.4%)
Tachycardia	45 (64.3%)	47 (61.0%)
Decreased activity	37 (52.9%)	53 (68.8%)
Tachypnea	32 (45.7%)	37 (48.1%)
Drowsiness	22 (31.4%)	32 (41.6%)
Kussmaul breathing	24 (34.3%)	27 (35.1%)
Infection	23 (32.9%)	18 (32.9%)
Shortness of breath	16 (22.9%)	18 (23.4%)

Values are presented as number and percentages (%).