Table 2: Common presenting clinical features in patients with T1DM.
Symptom (s) |
n (%) |
Mean duration days ± SD |
95% CI for the mean |
Enuresis |
62 (46.3) |
21.7 ± 15 |
18.1-25.3 |
Polyuria |
127 (94.8) |
21. 8 ± 15 |
19.3-24.6 |
Polydipsia |
125 (93.3) |
22.1 ± 14.9 |
19.6-24.8 |
Weight loss |
105 (78.4) |
24.9 ± 14.7 |
22.1-27.9 |
Polyphagia |
59 (44.0) |
26.2 ± 17 |
22.1-30.3 |
Nausea |
10 (7.5) |
7 ± 1.7 |
3-11.9 |
Lethargy |
49 (36.6) |
4.5 ± 1.9 |
3.1-6.06 |
Difficulty in breathing |
59 (44.0) |
3.1 ± 1.7 |
2.7-5.01 |
Coma |
56 (41.8) |
2.9 ± 1.4 |
2.3-3.9 |
Body malaise |
41 (30.5) |
6.2 ± 1.4 |
3-12.5 |
**Other symptoms |
40 (29.8) |
7.8. ± 1.6 |
4-11.3 |
*Classic symptoms |
103 (76.8) |
- |
- |
*Had both, Excessive thirty, excessive urination and weight loss
**Abdominal pain, fungal infections, headache, constipation