Table 3.

Summary of the underlying clinical factors for the development of hypoglycemia in patients with diabetes

1 Socioeconomic status (education, race)

2 Aging

3 State of diabetes (duration, HbA1c, body mass index)

4 Cognitive and mental function

5 Comorbidity

6 Failure of organ which influence on clearance of insulin and oral anti-diabetic drugs (Heart, liver, renal failure)

7 Hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure