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Table
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Clinical, Autoimmune, and HLA Characteristics of Children Diagnosed With
Type 1 Diabetes Before 5 Years of Age |
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Volume 19,
Issue 4, 2003 |
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Clinical Information on Study Children With Type 1 Diabetes |
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Early-Onset Group |
Late-Onset Group |
P |
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(Diagnosis Age <5
Years) |
(Diagnosis Age >5
Years) |
Value |
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Concomitant illness at diagnosis |
72.73% |
31.80% |
<.01 |
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Documented honeymoon period |
16.70% |
42.10% |
.24 |
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DKA
at diagnosis |
80.80% |
36.40% |
<.01 |
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Hemoglobin A1C at diagnosis |
10.33
±
2.20 |
11.27
±
2.57 |
.21 |
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No.
of ICU days at diagnosis |
1.82
±
2.09 |
.53
±
.70 |
.07 |
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DKA
indicates diabetic ketoacidosis; ICU, intensive care unit. |
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Adapted from Hathout EH et al. Pediatrics
2003;111: 860-863. |
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