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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Diabetes. 2016 Oct 11;18(7):547–552. doi: 10.1111/pedi.12455

Table 4.

Variables related to parental education, by DKA or non-DKA at time of diagnosis. Data reported as N(%) unless otherwise specified.

Variable Category or Statistic Non-DKA DKA P
Were you familiar with symptoms of diabetes? Yes 27 (79) 9 (33) < 0.001
Was there any suspicion that the patient had
diabetes?
Yes 22 (65) 8 (30) 0.01
Was patient blood sugar tested with glucometer? Yes 11 (32) 1 (4) 0.008
Did anything else make you suspect that the patient
had diabetes?
Yes 10 (29) 5 (19) 0.38
Do you have any family members with diabetes? Yes 28 (82) 19 (70) 0.36
Type of diabetes for family member None 6 (18) 8 (30) 0.46
T1D 9 (26) 3 (11)
T2D 14 (41) 12 (44)
Multiple family
members/types
5 (15) 4 (15)
Do you have a friend or acquaintance with
diabetes?
Yes 19 (56) 9 (33) 0.12