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Table 3 Cox regression analysis for predictors of DKA

From: Incidence and predictors of diabetic ketoacidosis among children with diabetes in west and east Gojjam zone referral hospitals, northern Ethiopia, 2019

Variable

Survival status

CHR (95% CI)

P-value

AHR (95% CI)

Event

Censor

Age

< 5

59

34

4.58 (3.07, 6.82)

< 0.001*

3.52 (2.25, 5.49)

 

5–10

87

61

1.76 (1.18, 2.62)

0.065

1.47 (0.97, 2.24)

> 10

61

52

1

 

1

Sex

Male

111

84

  

1

Female

96

63

0.83 (0.6, 0.097)

0.185

0.82 (0.61,1.09)

Missed follow up

Yes

88

48

   

No

119

99

0.75 (0.57, 0.99)

0.172

0.81 (0.61,1.09)

Insulin storage

Appropriate

105

142

1

 

1

Inappropriate

102

5

1.98 (1.51, 2.62)

0.044 *

1.36 (1.008,1.85)

Adherence

Yes

61

110

1

 

1

No

146

37

2.18 (0.95, 2.95)

0.01*

1.54 (1.11,2.14)

Recent acute illness

Pneumonia

Yes

50

3

0.62 (0.42, 0 .91)

0.615

1.09 (0.75,1.59)

No

157

144

1

 

1

upper respiratory tract infection

Yes

13

2.44 (1.39, 4.31)

0.024*

2.22 (1.109, 4.45)

No

194

147

1

 

1

Tonsillitis

Yes

3

3.06 (0.97, 9.64)

0.800

1.29 (0.174, 9.60)

No

204

147

1

  

Gastroenteritis

Yes

20

2

1.69 (1.06, 2.68)

0.907

1.035 (0.57,1.87)

No

187

145

1

  

urinary tract infection

Yes

43

1.61 (1.15, 2.25)

0.923

1.73 (0.67,1.41)

No

164

147

1

 

1

otitis media

Yes

11

1.98 (1.08, 3.65)

0.194

1.54 (0.801,2.92)

No

196

147

1

 

1

skin fungal infection

Yes

13

1.67 (0.95, 2.94)

0.096

1.73 (0.90,3.30)

No

194

147

1

  

Preceding infection

tuberculosis

Yes

3

2.91 (0.92, 0.16)

0.071

3.7 (0. 89–15.85)

No

204

147

1

 

1

Tonsillitis

Yes

5

2.67 (1.09, 6.52)

0.498

1.82 (0.32,10.39)

No

202

147

1

 

1

gastroenteritis

Yes

12

3

2.27 (1.26, 4.09)

0.032*

2.18 (1.07, 4.46)

No

195

144

1

 

1

urinary tract infection

No

11

3

1.68 (0.91, 3.09)

0.189

1.58 (0.79, 3.15)

Yes

196

144

1

 

1

Meningitis

Yes

1

8.28

0.316

0.18 (0.006, 5.13)

No

206

147

1

 

1

other infections

Yes

12

6

1.41 (0.78, 2.54)

0.446

1.27 (0.68, 2.08)

No

195

141

1

 

1

Having sever acute malnutrition

Yes

42

13

1.41 (1.004,1.98)

0.901

1.02 (0.69, 1.50)

No

165

134

1

 

1

  1. Keynote * variables which were significant at p-value < 0.05 and - mean 0 observation