Diabetic ketoacidosis in Asian children.
Over the 10 year period 1987-1996, 328 children with type 1 diabetes mellitus presented in the city of Birmingham, England, of whom 27% had diabetic ketoacidosis. Asian children under the age of 5 had an eightfold increased risk of presenting in diabetic ketoacidosis compared with non-Asian children of the same age.
Alvi
N S
NS
Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Birmingham Children's Hospital, Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham B4 6NH, UK. nsalvi@ulth.northy.nhs.uk
Davies
P
P
Kirk
J M
JM
Shaw
N J
NJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology*; D016883:Diabetic Ketoacidosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000209:etiology; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012307:Risk Factors