Clinical profile of diabetes at diagnosis among children and adolescents at an endocrine clinic in Ghana

Table 1 Characteristics of type 1 and type 2 subjects at diagnosis

	Type 1	Type 2	Difference
Number (%)	90 (84.9)	16 (15.1)	P < 0.001
Male: Female ratio	1:2.5	1:4.3	Not significant
Age at diagnosis (range), yr	0.9-19.9	9.0-18.7	-
Age at diagnosis (mean ± SD), yr	12.6 ± 3.8	13.6 ± 2.3	Not significant
Peak age at diagnosis, yr	12-13	13-14	-
Diabetic ketoacidosis at onset (%)	54 (60.0)	7 (43.8)	Not significant
BMI at onset (mean; range)	18.1; 12.5-34.7	27.8; 17.6-38.2	-
BMI SD score at onset (mean; range)	-0.54, -3.84-2.47	1.49, -0.87-2.61	P < 0.001
HbA1c at diagnosis (mean ± SD) (%) (mmol/mol)	12.7 ± 1.9 (115 ± 21)	12.8 ± 1.5 (116 ± 16)	Not significant

BMI: Body mass index; HbA1c: Glycosylated haemoglobin.