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. 2021 Jun 13;11(6):551. doi: 10.3390/jpm11060551

Table 4.

Characteristics of the DKA subset, according to DKA severity.

Mild DKA Moderate DKA Severe DKA p Value a Percentage of Missing Values
N 85 61 74
Gender = M (%) 46 (54.1) 34 (55.7) 38 (51.4) 0.873 0
Age (median [IQR]) 6.00 [3.00, 10.00] 5.00 [2.00, 9.00] 8.00 [5.00, 10.00] 0.063 0
Background = R (%) 23 (27.1) 16 (26.2) 19 (25.7) 0.98 0
HbA1c (mean (SD)) 12.10 (2.16) 11.44 (2.17) 12.22 (2.20) 0.086 0.9
period = pandemic (%) 32 (37.6) 24 (39.3) 41 (55.4) 0.054 0

ap values correspond to χ2 statistics for categorical variables, Kruskal-Wallis rank sum tests for non-normally distributed continuous variables (age, pH) and ANOVA for normally distributed continuous variables (HbA1c), comparing the three subgroups. The p value assesses compatibility with the null hypothesis of no differences between subgroups.