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

Table 3

Frequency of diabetic ketoacidosis among the different clinical symptoms and signs.

Symptoms/signs	Mode of presentations				𝑃 value
	Mild DKA	Moderate to severe DKA	Total number of; patients with DKA	Total number of; children with symptom
Classic triad	0	8	8	8	𝑃<0.05 *
	0.0	100%	100%	100%
Dehydration	0	17	17	20	𝑃<0.05 *
	0.0	100%	85%	100%
Vomiting	7	32	39	41	𝑃<0.001 **
	18%	82.1%	95.1%	100%
Abdominal pain	13	31	44	52	𝑃<0.01 *
	29.5%	70.5%	84.6%	100%

DKA: diabetic ketoacidosis, ∗significant, ∗∗highly significant.
N.B: most children with DKA whatever the degree of severity presented with abdominal pain and vomiting. Dehydration was present in 100% of those with moderate to severe DKA.