Table 2.

Hypoglycemic events during intravenous and subcutaneous insulin treatment

Intravenous insulin therapy	Glulisine	Regular
Patients with BG <70 mg/dl (%)	4 (12)	6 (18)
Episodes of BG <70 mg/dl	6	7
Patients with BG <40 mg/dl, n (%)	0 (0)	0 (0)
Episodes of BG <40 mg/dl	0	0

Subcutaneous insulin therapy	Glargine/glulisine	NPH/regular
Patients with BG <70 mg/dl (%)	5 (15)	14 (41)*
Episodes of BG <70 mg/dl	8	26†
Patients with BG <40 mg/dl, n (%)	1 (3)	2 (6)
Episodes of BG <40 mg/dl	1	2

Data are n or n (%).

*P = 0.03;

†P = 0.019. BG, blood glucose.