Table 4.
Multivariate regression analysis using hypoglycemic episodes and severe hypoglycemic episodes as dependent variables and variables that achieved significance on univariate analysis as independent variables.
| Variables significant on univariate analysis | Type 1 diabetes | Type 2 diabetes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hypoglycemia (beta; p value) | Severe hypoglycemia (beta; p value) | Hypoglycemia (beta; p value) | Severe hypoglycemia (beta; p value) | |
| Age | −0.25; 0.28 | −0.09; 0.23 | −0.26; 0.032 | −0.01; 0.84 |
| BMI | 1.27; 0.14 | 0.11; 0.71 | −0.27; 0.10 | −0.03; 0.41 |
| Duration of diabetes | 0.46; 0.042 | 0.16; 0.037 | 0.18; 0.11 | −0.01; 0.65 |
| Total insulin dose | 0.24; 0.11 | 0.02; 0.72 | 0.01; 0.74 | 0.002; 0.79 |
| Number of daily injections | 1.95; 0.76 | — | −0.89; 0.44 | 0.05; 0.84 |
| SD around mean BG | 0.43; 0.022 | 0.15; 0.023 | 0.07; 0.22 | 0.01; 0.50 |
| HbA1c | −9.69; 0.010 | −3.19; 0.015 | — | −0.09; 0.71 |
| Depression | — | — | −1.63; 0.61 | — |