Table 3.

Hypoglycemia and Complications after Hospital Discharge

	All	HbA1c <7%	HbA1c 7–9%	HbA1c >9%	P
# Patients with hypoglycemia
BG <70 mg/dL, n (%)	58 (23)	17(25)	20 (20)	21(24)	.74
BG <54 mg/dL, n (%)	13 (5)	3 (4)	4 (4)	6 (7)	.77
BG <40 mg/dL, n (%)	2 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)	2 (2)	.19
Hypoglycemic events <70 mg/dL
Hypoglycemia total events, n	179	32	74	73
First month after discharge, n (%)	123	27	46	50
Month 2–3 after discharge, n (%)	36	5	20	11
Month 3–6 after discharge, n (%)	20	0	8	12
Hypoglycemic events <54 mg/dL
Hypoglycemia<54 total events, n	18	3	7	8
First month after discharge, n (%)	13	2	5	6
Month 2–3 after discharge, n (%)	3	1	2	0
Month 3–6 after discharge, n (%)	2	0	0	2
Emergency room visit, n (%)	38 (15)	12 (18)	11 (11)	15 (17)	0.4
Hospital re-admissions, n (%)	54 (21)	13 (19)	23 (23)	18 (21)	0.78
Mortality, n (%)	3 (1)	2 (3)	1 (1)	0 (0)	0.27

Abbreviations: BG = blood glucose; HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c.