Table 1. The demographics of the participants.
Note: BMI, body mass index; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, SD standard deviation. Data are presented as N (%) or Mean (±SD). P-values were calculated using t-tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables. Statistical significance was considered for p-values less than 0.05.
| Factor | Non-hypoglycemic | Hypoglycemic | Test Statistic | P value |
| N | 148 | 146 | ||
| Male sex (%) | 72 (48.6) | 82 (56.2) | χ² = 1.62 | 0.202 |
| Age, mean (SD) | 86.59 (9.17) | 84.68 (9.30) | t = 1.78 | 0.076 |
| BMI, mean (SD) | 20.00 (3.81) | 18.12 (3.29) | t = 4.76 | <0.001 |
| Glucose, mean (SD) | 145.37 (52.52) | 46.15 (13.51) | t = 20.55 | <0.001 |
| Asthma (%) | 3 (2.0) | 1 (0.7) | χ² = 0.24 | 0.622 |
| Brain stroke (%) | 28 (18.9) | 19 (13.0) | χ² = 1.62 | 0.203 |
| Cancer (%) | 4 (2.7) | 6 (4.1) | χ² = 0.37 | 0.54 |
| COPD (%) | 2 (1.4) | 2 (1.4) | χ² = 0.00 | 1 |
| Death (%) | 46 (31.1) | 68 (46.6) | χ² = 7.03 | 0.008 |
| Dementia (%) | 6 (4.1) | 3 (2.1) | χ² = 0.45 | 0.501 |
| Diabetes (%) | 13 (8.8) | 10 (6.8) | χ² = 0.19 | 0.665 |
| Heart failure (%) | 44 (29.7) | 46 (31.5) | χ² = 0.06 | 0.801 |