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. 2017 May 29;5(1):e000377. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000377

Table 2.

Risk ratio of SH with 95% CI and p values for different risk factors 

Risk factor Univariate analysis—SH risk ratio
95% CI
p Value
Gender 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2) 0.91
Age (years)
 0–4 1.1 (0.8 to 1.5) 0.62
 5–9 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) 0.24
 10–14 1.0
Duration (years)
 1–2 0.8 (0.7 to 1.0) 0.06
 2–3 0.9 (0.7 to 1.1) 0.16
 3–4 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) 0.99
 4–5 1.0 (0.8 to 1.2) 0.83
 >5 1.0
Year
 2008 1.3 (1.0 to 1.6) 0.02
 2009 1.5 (1.3 to 1.8) <0.01
 2010 1.2 (0.98 to 1.4) 0.07
 2011 1.3 (1.0 to 1.5) 0.02
 2012 1
HbA1c (mmol/mol)
 ≤50 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) 0.04
 >50−≤60 0.9 (0.7 to 1.0) 0.08
 >60−≤70 1.0
 >70 1.0 (0.9 to 1.2) 0.91
 Treatment
 Pen versus pump 1.3 (1.1 to 1.5) <0.01
Insulin dose (IU/kg/day)
 ≤0.6 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) 0.07
 >0.6−≤0.8 1.0
 >0.8−≤1.0 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) <0.01
 >1.0−≤1.2 1.3 (1.1 to 1.6) <0.01
 ≥1.2 1.2 (1.0 to 1.5) 0.09
BMISDS
 ≤ −2 0.8 (0.4 to 1.8) 0.59
 > −2 to ≤−1 0.8 (0.6 to 1.1) 0.16
 >−1 to ≤0 0.8 (0.7 to 0.98) 0.03
 0−≤1 1.0
 >1−<2 1.1 (0.9 to 1.3) 0.25
 ≥2 1.0 (0.8 to 1.3) 0.85

Second column showing results of univariate analyses.

BMISDS, body mass index SD score; HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c; SH, severe hypoglycemia.