Predictors of hypoglycemia in insulin-treated patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Basrah

Table 1 Incidence, types, timing, and causes of hypoglycemia in 336 patients

Variable	n (%)
Hypoglycemia in the last 3 mo	253 (75.3)
Type of hypoglycemia
Severe treated in hospital	34 (10.2)
Sever confirmed hypoglycemia treated at home by family ( ≤ 70 mg/dL)	49 (14.6)
Severe unconfirmed hypoglycemia treated at home by family or blood glucose > 70 mg/dL	100 (29.7)
Mild confirmed hypoglycemia ( ≤ 70 mg/dL)	72 (21.4)
Mild unconfirmed hypoglycemia or blood glucose > 70 mg/dL	168 (50.0)
Total severe hypoglycemia treated at home by family	149 (44.3)
Total mild hypoglycemia	240 (71.4)
Timing of hypoglycemia in the last 3 mo
Nocturnal	22 (8.7)
Day time	83 (32.8)
Nocturnal and day time	148 (58.5)
Precipitating factors hypoglycemia
Missed meal, delayed meal, eating a less amount of food	214 (84.6)
Performing an exercise	42 (16.6)
Doctor change the dose of insulin recently	12 (4.7)
Insulin dose adjusted by the patient, errors in the dose of insulin	7 (2.8)
No obvious cause	22 (8.7)
Awareness of hypoglycemia in the last 3 mo
No	19 (7.5)