Table 3.

Predictors of number of hypoglycemic events: multivariate analysis

Variable	Comparison	Estimated Coefficient (SEM)	Adjusted Rate Ratio: (95% CI)	P Value
Age (per 1 yr)		0.02 (0.002)	1.021 (1.017 to 1.024)	0.0001
Body mass index (per one unit kg/m2)		−0.03 (0.004)	0.975 (0.968 to 0.983)	0.0001
Years of kidney disease		−0.13 (0.007)	0.881 (0.870 to 0.892)	0.0001
Fasting blood glucose (per 1 mg/dl)		−0.005 (0.0004)	0.995 (0.994 to 0.996)	0.0001
Serum creatinine (per mg/dl)		0.04 (0.02)	1.039 (1.009 to 1.069)	0.0001
Hemoglobin (per 1 g/dl)		−0.23 (0.01)	0.791 (0.773 to 0.810)	0.0001
HbA1c (per 1%)		−0.30 (0.019)	0.742 (0.715 to 0.769)	0.0001
Stroke history	Yes versus no	0.20 (0.03)	1.219 (1.142 to 1.30)	0.0001
Any insulin	Yes versus no	0.57 (0.03)	1.773 (1.667 to 1.883)	0.0001

Outcome variable: number of >15 min events with glucose <60 mg/dl; n=80. HbA1c, hemoglobin A1c.