Table 2.
Diabetes history of diabetic ketoacidosis patients (n=176).
| Type 1 diabetes | 157 (89.2) |
| Type 2 diabetes | 19 (10.8) Type of treatment |
| Type of treatment | |
| Insulin only | 125 (71) |
| Oral hypoglycemic agents only | 10 (5.7) |
| Both insulin and oral hypoglycemic agents | 8 (4.5) |
| None | 33 (18.8) |
| Duration of diabetes (years) | |
| <8 years | 91 (51.7) |
| ≥8 years | 85 (48.3) |
| Length of hospital stay (days) for the first episode | |
| For type 1 diabetes | 2 (1-3)a |
| For type 2 diabetes | 2 (2-3)a |
| pH blood levels at the first admission (n=153) | |
| pH of more than 7.00 | 129 (84.3) |
| pH of less than 7.00 | 24 (15.7) |
| HbA1C (%) at the first admission (n=127) | 11.9 (2.6)b |
| HbA1C of more than or equal to 10% | 104 (81.9) |
| HbA1C of less than 10% | 23 (18.1) |
| History of readmission (n=57) | |
| Type 1 diabetes | 56 (98.2) |
| Type 2 diabetes | 1 (1.8) |
Data are n (%) or
a
median (interquartile percentiles) or
b
mean (standard deviation). For HbA1C (%), data was available for 127 patients.