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Table 4. Characteristics of the Patients Who Suffered a Hypoglycemic Event during Ramadan and the Preceding Month.

Characteristic	Group A^a		Group B^a		Group C^a		Group D^a
Characteristic	Pre^b	Ramadan	Pre^b	Ramadan	Pre^b	Ramadan	Pre^b	Ramadan
No. of patients	2	-	3	-	9	1	7	-
Male sex	1 (50)	-	1 (33)	-	5 (56)	1 (100)	4 (57)	-
Age, yr	51.5±1.5	-	67±5.3	-	64±8.4	66	56.7±15	-
BMI, kg/m²	31.2±1.0	-	29.1±1.7	-	30.2±1.1	29.6	31.3±1.2	-
Duration of diabetes, yr	6.1±1.1	-	6.9±0.7	-	8.3±0.9	8	6.9±1.2	-
HbA1c, %	8.1±0.9	-	7.6±0.8	-	8.5±0.6	8.7	7.9±0.5	-
Plasma glucose during event, mmol/L	55±2.0	-	54±6.3	-	49±3.2	53	54±4.1	-
Timing of event	10:00–11:30 AM	-	1:00–2:30 PM	-	12:30–5:00 PM	2:40 PM	2:00–6:30 PM	-

Values are expressed as number (%) or mean±SD.

BMI, body mass index; HbA1c, glycated hemoglobin.

^aGroup A (patients on metformin, glimepiride, and insulin), B (patients on metformin and glimepiride), C (patients on metformin and insulin), and D (patients on insulin alone); ^bDuring the month preceding Ramadan.