Table 1. The baseline characteristics of diabetic end-stage renal disease dialysis patients by hypoglycemic episodes status.
| Without Hypoglycemia (n = 16847) |
With 1 hypoglycemic episode (n = 3019) |
With ≥2 hypoglycemic episodes (n = 979) |
P | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | ||
| Sex | <0.001 | ||||||
| Female | 8257 | (79.5) | 1573 | (15.1) | 553 | (5.3) | |
| Male | 8590 | (82.1) | 1446 | (13.8) | 426 | (4.1) | |
| Age (years) | 0.05 | ||||||
| 18–44 | 1068 | (80.8) | 172 | (13) | 82 | (6.2) | |
| 45–64 | 8079 | (80.8) | 1451 | (14.5) | 470 | (4.7) | |
| ≥ 65 | 7700 | (80.9) | 1396 | (14.7) | 427 | (4.5) | |
| aDCSI score | <0.001 | ||||||
| 2 | 2440 | (88.4) | 260 | (9.4) | 59 | (2.1) | |
| 3 | 1935 | (85.3) | 264 | (11.6) | 70 | (3.1) | |
| 4 | 3952 | (84.5) | 573 | (12.2) | 153 | (3.3) | |
| ≥ 5 | 8520 | (76.5) | 1922 | (17.3) | 697 | (6.3) | |
| Congestive heart failure | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 10007 | (82.2) | 1677 | (13.8) | 493 | (4) | |
| Yes | 6840 | (78.9) | 1342 | (15.5) | 486 | (5.6) | |
| Coronary artery disease | 0.114 | ||||||
| No | 9799 | (81.2) | 1738 | (14.4) | 537 | (4.4) | |
| Yes | 7048 | (80.4) | 1281 | (14.6) | 442 | (5) | |
| Cerebrovascular disease | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 12559 | (82) | 2094 | (13.7) | 664 | (4.3) | |
| Yes | 4288 | (77.6) | 925 | (16.7) | 315 | (5.7) | |
| Dysrhythmia | 0.109 | ||||||
| No | 15006 | (80.6) | 2712 | (14.6) | 890 | (4.8) | |
| Yes | 1841 | (82.3) | 307 | (13.7) | 89 | (4) | |
| Other cardiaca | 0.349 | ||||||
| No | 14295 | (80.9) | 2562 | (14.5) | 814 | (4.6) | |
| Yes | 2552 | (80.4) | 457 | (14.4) | 165 | (5.2) | |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 0.349 | ||||||
| No | 15314 | (81.1) | 2699 | (14.3) | 859 | (4.6) | |
| Yes | 1533 | (77.7) | 320 | (16.2) | 120 | (6.1) | |
| Chronic obstructive lung disease | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 13876 | (81.4) | 2426 | (14.2) | 747 | (4.4) | |
| Yes | 2971 | (78.3) | 593 | (15.6) | 232 | (6.1) | |
| Gasrointestinal bleeding | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 10749 | (81.6) | 1858 | (14.1) | 567 | (4.3) | |
| Yes | 6098 | (79.5) | 1161 | (15.1) | 412 | (5.4) | |
| Liver disease | 0.05 | ||||||
| No | 14321 | (81) | 2563 | (14.5) | 804 | (4.5) | |
| Yes | 2526 | (80) | 156 | (14.4) | 175 | (5.5) | |
| Cancer | <0.001 | ||||||
| No | 15636 | (80.5) | 2842 | (14.6) | 934 | (4.8) | |
| Yes | 1211 | (84.5) | 177 | (12.4) | 45 | (3.1) | |
aDCSI = adapted Diabetes Complications Severity Index;
a Includes pericarditis, endocarditis, myocarditis, other complications of heart disease, heart transplant, heart valve replacement, and cardiac devices.