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Table 1 Onset symptoms in patients with early-onset diabetes

From: Clinical characteristics of patients with early-onset diabetes mellitus: a single-center retrospective study

Symptoms of onset

T1DM

T2DM

LADA

Special types

Number

N (%)

Number

N (%)

Number

N (%)

Number

N (%)

Polydipsia, polyuria, polyphagia and weight loss

97

73.5

243

49.5

17

70.8

4

50

Emaciation only

5

3.8

25

5.1

1

4.2

0

0

Elevated blood glucose

6

4.5

192

39.1

5

20.8

4

50

Symptoms of acute ketoacidosis, (abdominalgia, weakness, nausea emesis, dizziness, hypersomnia, obnubilation, fever, etc.)

24

18.2

19

3.9

1

4.2

0

0

Other symptoms, (hypoglycemic-like symptom, blurred vision, weak, etc.)

0

0

12

2.4

0

0

0

0

  1. T1DM: Type-1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM: Type-2 diabetes mellitus, LADA: Latent autoimmune diabetes in adults