Table 2
Precipitating factors for DKA
Precipitating condition
Cases (%)
Table derived from references Kitabchi
et al
,
5
Bagg
et al
,
12
and Lebovitz.
27
Infections
19–56
Cardiovascular disease
3–6
Inadequate insulin/non-compliance
15–41
New onset diabetes
10–22
Other medical illness
10–12
Unknown
4–33