Table 2: Common presenting clinical features in patients with T1DM.

Symptom (s)

n (%)

Mean duration days ± SD

95% CI for the mean

Enuresis

62 (46.3)

21.7 ± 15

18.1-25.3

Polyuria

127 (94.8)

21. 8 ± 15

19.3-24.6

Polydipsia

125 (93.3)

22.1 ± 14.9

19.6-24.8

Weight loss

105 (78.4)

24.9 ± 14.7

22.1-27.9

Polyphagia

59 (44.0)

26.2 ± 17

22.1-30.3

Nausea

10 (7.5)

7 ± 1.7

3-11.9

Lethargy

49 (36.6)

4.5 ± 1.9

3.1-6.06

Difficulty in breathing

59 (44.0)

3.1 ± 1.7

2.7-5.01

Coma

56 (41.8)

2.9 ± 1.4

2.3-3.9

Body malaise

41 (30.5)

6.2 ± 1.4

3-12.5

**Other symptoms

40 (29.8)

7.8. ± 1.6

4-11.3

*Classic symptoms

103 (76.8)

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*Had both, Excessive thirty, excessive urination and weight loss
**Abdominal pain, fungal infections, headache, constipation