Most type 1 diabetes presenting as diabetic ketoacidosis in Vietnamese people is negative for pancreatic islet cell autoantibodies.

Eighteen Vietnamese type 1 diabetic patients presented with ketoacidosis were serially recruited from three tertiary cares. They had mean age (±SD) 23.5±4.1years, median of blood glucose [interquartile range] 28.2 [24.3-31.3]mmol/L, pH 7.255 [7.232-7.285], C-peptide 0.265 [0.098-0.472]nmol/L. 61% were negative for both anti-GAD and ICA tests.