[Retracted] Epidemiological Pattern of Newly Diagnosed Children with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus, Taif, Saudi Arabia

Table 1

Demographic data of the studied patients.

Point of comparison	<2 years		2–<6 years		6–12 years		Total		𝑃 value
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Number	23	23.2	22	22.2	54	54.4	99	100	—
District
Urban	10	43.5	7	31.8	23	42.6	40	40	𝑃>0.05
Rural	13	56.5	15	68.2	31	57.4	59	60
Symptoms duration
(𝑋±SD)	21±17.6		22±22.5		27±33.6				𝑃>0.05
Median	10		16		14
Severity of presentation
Hyperglycemia without DKA	4	17.4	5	22.7	11	20.4	20	20.2	𝑃=0.04
Mild DKA	2	8.7	10	45.5	16	29.6	28	28.3
Moderate to severe DKA	17	73.9	7	31.8	27	50	51	51.5
Misdiagnosis	16	69.6	8	36.4	21	38.9	45	45.5	𝑃<0.05
FH
T1DM	1	4.7	0	0	2	3.7	3	3	𝑃>0.05
T2DM	15	71.5	13	59.1	29	53.7	57	57.6	𝑃<0.05
T1DM and T2DM	3	14.2	5	22.7	10	18.5	18	18.2	𝑃>0.05
Thyroid autoantibodies	2	7	7	31.8	18	33.3	27	27.3	𝑃<0.03
TSH	0.87±0.07		2.99±0.7		3.28±1.9				𝑃<0.05

DKA: diabetic ketoacidosis, FH: family history, T1DM: type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM: type 1 diabetes mellitus, TSH: thyroid stimulating hormone.