Table 1.
Study population characteristics for gender, age, and weight by group distribution
| Variables | Control n = 25 |
At diagnosis n = 25 |
Under treatment n = 25 |
DKA n = 25 |
Statistic P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender/Condition, n (%) | |||||
| M 20 (55.9) | 8 (66.7) | 5 (83.3) | 4 (50) | 3 (37.5) | |
| CM 14 (41.2) | 4 (33.3) | 1 (16.7) | 4 (50) | 5 (62.5) | χ2 |
| F 30 (45.5) | 7 (53.8) | 11 (57.9) | 4 (23.5) | 8 (47.1) | 0.2372 |
| SF 36 (54.5) | 6 (46.2) | 8 (42.1) | 13 (76.5) | 9 (52.9) | |
| Age (months) | |||||
| Med | 53a | 118b | 120b | 120b | KW |
| (P25-P75) | (24–75.5) | (101.5–132) | (90–144) | (96–143) | < 0.0001 |
| Weight (kg) | |||||
| Med | 18 | 9.8 | 8.9 | 14 | KW |
| (P25-P75) | (12.45–32.7) | (6.2–20.5) | (5.3–20.8) | (7.9–27.25) | 0.071 |
DKA — diabetic ketoacidosis; M — male; CM — castrated male; F — female; SF — spayed female; χ2 — Chi-squared; KW — Kruskal-Wallis; Med — median; P25 — 25th percentile; P75 — 75th percentile.
a,b
Different letters between groups show differences by Dunn’s test (P < 0.05).