TABLE 2.
Subgroup | No. of subjects | Hypoglycaemic event rate (per participant per 6‐month period) | Rate ratio (95% CI) | |
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SMBG phase (Months 1–6) | CGM phase (Months 7–12) | |||
Overall b | 519 | 0.081 (0.016) | 0.031 (0.001) c | 0.38 (0.19–0.78) |
Type of diabetes | ||||
T1D | 345 | 0.101 (0.022) | 0.038 (0.014) | 0.37 (0.17–0.81) |
T2D | 174 | 0.040 (0.022) | 0.017 (0.013) | 0.43 (0.07–2.64) |
Method of insulin delivery | ||||
CSII | 154 | 0.091 (0.028) | 0.071 (0.032) | 0.79 (0.30–2.07) |
MDI | 365 | 0.077 (0.020) | 0.014 (0.006) | 0.18 (0.07–0.44) |
Baseline HbA1c | ||||
<53 mmol/mol (<7.0%) | 122 | 0.090 (0.035) | 0.008 (0.008) | 0.09 (0.02–0.42) |
53–58 mmol/mol (7.0%–7.5%) | 97 | 0.062 (0.029) | 0.031 (0.023) | 0.50 (0.10–2.48) |
60–64 mmol/mol (7.6%–8.0%) | 79 | 0.051 (0.040) | 0.063 (0.052) | 1.25 (0.19–8.07) |
65–75 mmol/mol (8.1%–9.0%) | 110 | 0.109 (0.039) | 0.027 (0.016) | 0.25 (0.07–0.96) |
76–86 mmol/mol (9.1%–10.0%) | 59 | 0.136 (0.066) | 0.051 (0.029) | 0.38 (0.09–1.50) |
>86 mmol/mol (>10%) | 52 | 0.019 (0.019) | 0.019 (0.019) | 1.00 (0.06–15.99) |
History of hypoglycaemia and/or DKA in the 6 months prior to enrolment | ||||
Yes | 38 | 0.368 (0.127) | 0.079 (0.044) | 0.21 (0.08–0.61) |
No | 481 | 0.058 (0.014) | 0.027 (0.011) | 0.46 (0.20–1.09) |
Age (years) | ||||
18–25 | 40 | 0.050 (0.035) | 0.025 (0.025) | 0.50 (0.13–2.00) |
26–64 | 352 | 0.065 (0.018) | 0.023 (0.009) | 0.35 (0.13–0.90) |
>64 | 127 | 0.134 (0.041) | 0.055 (0.034) | 0.41 (0.13–1.32) |
Hypoglycaemia awareness d | ||||
Impaired (Gold ≥ 4) | 169 | 0.107 (0.037) | 0.036 (0.017) | 0.33 (0.12–0.96) |
Intact (Gold < 4) | 347 | 0.069 (0.016) | 0.029 (0.013) | 0.42 (0.16–1.06) |
Includes all events, whether RT‐CGM was worn or not.
The overall event rate while participants wore the RT‐CGM was 0.027 (0.010).
p = 0.005 for superiority versus SMBG phase.
Gold scores were not available from three participants.