Research Article

Diabetic Ketoacidosis Associated with Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors: Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of 29 Cases

Table 1

Baseline characteristics.

Baseline characteristicsTotal DKAEuDKAhDKA

Number of cases, N (%)29 (100%)14 (48.2%)15 (51.8%)
Gender, N (%)
 Male10 (40%)7 (50%)4 (30.8%)
 Female15 (60%)7 (50%)9 (69.2%)
SGLT2i agent, N (%)
 Canagliflozin10 (34.4%)3 (21.4%)7 (46.6%)
 Empagliflozin12 (41.3%)7 (50%)5 (33.3%)
 Dapagliflozin7 (24.1%)4 (28.6%)3 (20.1%)
Duration of diabetes, mean + SD, years8.76 ± 5.739.08 ± 6.48.46 ± 5.28
Prior DKA, N (%)
 Yes2 (8%)2 (14.2%)2 (15.4%)
 No23 (92%)12 (85.8%)11 (84.6%)
Age, mean ± SD, years54.24 ± 12.4155.64 ± 11.6552.93 ± 13.3
Average BMI, mean ± SD, kg/m230.64 ± 6.2929.86 ± 5.4631.37 ± 7.09
A1c, mean ± SD, %9.71 ± 3.059.16 ± 3.110.19 ± 3.03

One male patient had one episode of euDKA and one episode of hDKA, and one female patient had one episode of euDKA and three episodes of hDKA.