Increased risk of death following recurrent ketoacidosis admissions: a Brazilian cohort study of young adults with type 1 diabetes

Table 2 RRs of patients with T1D for death following DKA for all independent predictive variables from the Cox regression analysis

Variables	RR	95% CI for HR		p value
		Lower	Upper
2–5 DKA admissions^a	5.32	1.83	15.46	0.002
> 5 DKA admissions^a	5.81	1.75	19.30	0.004
≥ 2 DKA admissions^b	4.49	1.97	10.23	0.004
Age at DKA presentation	1.04	1.02	1.06	< 0.001
Neuropathy	10.04	4.18	24.15	< 0.001
Retinopathy	7.94	3.09	20.40	< 0.001
Nephropathy	7.10	3.24	15.56	< 0.001
Mood disorders	3.57	1.56	8.18	0.002
Antidepressant use	3.09	1.62	5.91	< 0.001
Statin use	2.81	1.44	5.48	0.002

^a Compared with a single DKA, ^b compared with one episode DKA (new-onset T1D or only a single DKA episode)

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