Incidence of diabetic ketoacidosis and its trends in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus identified using a U.S. claims database, 2007–2019
Lin Li, Elizabeth Andrews, Xinyu Li, Zoran Doder, Evgeny Zalmover, Kristen Sharma, Juliana H. Oliveira, Juhaeri Juhaeri, Chuntao Wu
Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a common complication of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). We found that the incidence of DKA was 55.5 per 1000 person-years in US commercially insured patients with T1DM; age-sex-standardized incidence decreased at an average annual rate of 6.1% in 2018-2019 after a steady increase since 2011.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineDiabetic ketoacidosisIncidence (geometry)Diabetes mellitusType 1 diabetesComplicationKetoacidosisPediatricsType 2 Diabetes MellitusInternal medicineEndocrinologyOpticsPhysicsDiabetes and associated disordersDiabetes Management and ResearchCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors