Table 2.
Hypoglycemia during hospitalization and after hospital discharge
| Type of hypoglycemia | During hospitalization (N=112) | Month 6 postdischarge (N=93) | ||||
| n (%) | Mean±SD* | Rate† | n (%) | Mean±SD* | Rate† | |
| Overall confirmed‡ or severe hypoglycemia | 28 (25.0) | 2.2±1.4 | 20.3 | 55 (59.1) | 8.0±10.1 | 9.2 |
| Asymptomatic confirmed‡ hypoglycemia | 21 (18.8) | 1.7±0.7 | 11.6 | 49 (52.7) | 6.9±7.4 | 7.2 |
| Symptomatic confirmed‡ hypoglycemia | 12 (10.7) | 1.3±0.6 | 5.0 | 21 (22.6) | 3.0±3.1 | 1.3 |
| Severe hypoglycemia | 4 (3.6) | 1.8±1.0 | 2.3 | 4 (4.3) | 2.3±1.3 | 0.2 |
| Nocturnal hypoglycemia | 2 (1.8) | 1.5±0.7 | 0.1 | 1 (1.1) | 24.0±NA | 0.5 |
| Severe nocturnal hypoglycemia | 1 (0.9) | 1.0±NA | 0.3 | 1 (1.1) | 4.0±NA | 0.1 |
*The mean number of hypoglycemic events was calculated over the number of patients with each type of hypoglycemia.
†Hypoglycemic episodes per person-year was calculated as Ʃ number of hypoglycemias/Ʃ time (years).
‡Confirmed: glucose<70 mg/dL.
NA, not applicable.