Table 1.
Sociodemographic profiles of children with type 1 diabetes (n = 148).
| Study Variables | N (%) |
|---|---|
| Age group | |
| 8–12 years | 86 (58.1%) |
| 13–16 years | 62 (41.9%) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 69 (46.6%) |
| Female | 79 (53.4%) |
| Nationality | |
| Saudi | 140 (94.6%) |
| Non-Saudi | 08 (05.4%) |
| HbA1c | |
| ≤7.5% | 32 (21.6%) |
| >7.5% | 116 (78.4%) |
| BMI level | |
| Underweight (<5th) | 12 (08.1%) |
| Normal (5th–<85th) | 94 (63.5%) |
| Overweight (85th–<95th) | 26 (17.6%) |
| Obese (>95th) | 16 (10.8%) |
| DM Duration | |
| 6 months–1 year | 39 (26.4%) |
| 1–2 years | 24 (16.2%) |
| 2–3 years | 19 (12.8%) |
| 3–4 years | 15 (10.1%) |
| >4 years | 51 (34.5%) |
| Method of insulin administration | |
| Multiple daily injections without carbohydrate calculation | 102 (68.9%) |
| Multiple daily injections with carbohydrate calculation | 19 (12.8%) |
| Insulin pump | 02 (01.4%) |
| Premixed insulin | 25 (16.9%) |
| Episodes of DKA in the past year? | |
| Never | 79 (53.4%) |
| One time | 40 (27.0%) |
| Twice times | 14 (09.5%) |
| ≥Three times | 15 (10.1%) |
BMI, body mass index; DKA, diabetes ketoacidosis; DM, diabetes mellitus.