Table 2.
Annual Hypoglycemia Prevalence and Costs for Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
| T1DM | Meter 1 | Meter 2 | Meter 3 | Meter 4 | Meter 5 | Baseline |
| Percentage of biochemical hypoglycemia (≤ 60 mg/dl) | 3.11 | 2.57 | 2.36 | 2.21 | 3.74 | 1.93 |
| Duration correction (mean duration of event = 113 min) | ||||||
| Percentage of biochemical hypoglycemia (≤ 60 mg/dl) | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.21 | 0.20 | 0.33 | 0.17 |
| Annual estimates | ||||||
| Number of biochemical hypoglycemia per year (three mealtime tests per day) | 3.01 | 2.49 | 2.29 | 2.14 | 3.62 | 1.87 |
| Number of severe hypoglycemia | 0.63 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.75 | 0.39 |
| Hypoglycemia prevalence | ||||||
| T1DM MDI patients ( n ) | 958,800 | 958,800 | 958,800 | 958,800 | 958,800 | 958,800 |
| Severe hypoglycemia per year ( n ) | 600,151 | 495,945 | 455,420 | 426,474 | 721,725 | 372,441 |
| Hypoglycemia-related costs | ||||||
| Overall visit related costs ($) | 688,373,280 | 568,848,659 | 522,366,862 | 489,165,579 | 827,818,671 | 427,189,849 |