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. 2015 Apr 30;3(1):e000074. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2014-000074

Table 4.

Hypoglycemic events

Hypoglycemic events and rates preindex and postindex by treatment group*†
Treatment Preindex rate‡ n (mean±SD) 0–6 month postindex rate‡ n (mean±SD) 0–6 month postindex versus preindex 7–12 month postindex rate‡ n (mean±SD) 7–12 month postindex versus preindex 0–12 month postindex rate‡ n (mean±SD) Change in annual rate (mean±SD) 0–12 month postindex versus preindex
U-500R only (group A) 16 (0.15±0.77) 34 (0.33±1.23) p=0.026 30 (0.29±1.00) p=0.071 64 (0.31±0.99) 0.15±0.95 p=0.021
U-500R with overlapping U-100 (group B) 36 (0.31±1.23) 57 (0.48±2.23) p=0.062 54 (0.46±2.28) p=0.199 111 (0.47±2.0) 0.17±1.29 p=0.051
Total 52 (0.23±1.04) 91 (0.41±1.83) p=0.005 84 (0.38±1.80) p=0.045 175 (0.39±1.61) 0.16±1.14 p=0.003
Group A versus group B p=0.124 p=0.364 NA p=0.318 NA p=0.284 p=0.911 NA
Patients with at least 1 hypoglycemic event in preindex or postindex
Treatment preindex n (%) 0–6 month  postindex n (%) 0–6 month postindex versus preindex 7–12 month postindex n (%) 7–12 month postindex versus preindex 0–12 month postindex n (%) 0–12 month postindex versus preindex
U-500R only (group A) 10 (4.8) 19 (9.1) p=0.0005 19 (9.1) p=0.0005 26 (12.4) p=0.007
U-500R with overlapping U-100 (group B) 20 (8.5) 23 (9.8) p<0.0001 17 (7.2) p<0.0001 27 (11.4) p<0.0001
Total 30 (6.7) 42 (9.4) p<0.0001 36 (8.1) p<0.0001 53 (11.9) p<0.0001
Group A versus group B p=0.121 p=0.814 NA p=0.466 NA p=0.745 NA
Hypoglycemic events in preindex or postindex by visit type/setting
Visit type Preindex n (%) 0–6 month postindex n (%) 7–12 month postindex n (%) 0–12 month postindex n (%)
Office or clinic 40 (76.9) 80 (87.9) 72 (85.7) 152 (86.9)
Emergency 3 (5.8) 1 (1.1) 2 (2.4) 3 (1.7)
Inpatient 5 (9.6) 7 (7.7) 7 (8.3) 14 (8.0)
Other 1 (1.9) 1 (1.1) 2 (2.4) 3 (1.7)
Not recorded/missing 3 (5.8) 2 (2.2) 1 (1.2) 3 (1.7)

*Total: N=445; group A: n=209; group B: n=236.

†No hypoglycemic coma events were captured.

‡Annualized rate=hypoglycemic events per patient per year.

NA, not applicable; N/n, number of patients.