RÉSUMÉ
The pattern of complications in 533 Saudi Arabian diabetics followed over a 2-year period at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, is reported. The subjects consisted of 137 type 1 [25.7%] and 396 type 2 diabetics [74.3%]. For type 1, the mean age was 32.1 +/- 1.1 years, and the mean duration of the disease was 7.4 +/- 0.5 years. Diabetic ketoacidosis occurred in 37.2% of subjects. Peripheral neuropathy affected 28.5%, retinopathy 13.1%, nephropathy 18.2%, and macrovascular complications 10.2% of the type 1 group. For type 2, the mean age for the group was 46.5 +/- 0.6 years, and the mean duration of the disease was 4.5 +/- 0.3 years. Peripheral neuropathy affected 23.7%, retinopathy 8.3%, nephropathy 11.4%, and macrovascular complications 11.1% of type 2 subjects