TY - JOUR T1 - Diabetic ketoacidosis in Asian children JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 60 LP - 61 DO - 10.1136/adc.85.1.60 VL - 85 IS - 1 AU - N S Alvi AU - P Davies AU - J M W Kirk AU - N J Shaw Y1 - 2001/07/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/85/1/60.abstract N2 - Over the 10 year period 1987–1996, 328 children with type 1 diabetes mellitus presented in the city of Birmingham, England, of whom 27% had diabetic ketoacidosis. Asian children under the age of 5 had an eightfold increased risk of presenting in diabetic ketoacidosis compared with non-Asian children of the same age. ER -