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. 2021 Nov 23;39(2):e14739. doi: 10.1111/dme.14739

TABLE 2.

Mean (SE) and proportional change in hypoglycaemic event rates (per participant per 6‐month period) for subgroups of the per‐protocol population (n = 519) a

Subgroup No. of subjects Hypoglycaemic event rate (per participant per 6‐month period) Rate ratio (95% CI)
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)
a

Includes all events, whether RT‐CGM was worn or not.

b

The overall event rate while participants wore the RT‐CGM was 0.027 (0.010).

c

p = 0.005 for superiority versus SMBG phase.

d

Gold scores were not available from three participants.