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

Table 2 Relation of hypoglycemia in the last 3 mo with age, gender, education, marital status and residence among 336 patients

	Hypoglycemia in the last 3 mo		Total (n)	P value
	Yes	No
Age (yr)	n (%)	n (%)	27	0.944
29-39	22 (81.5)	5 (18.5)
40-49	48 (73.8)	17 (26.2)	65
50-59	97 (75.8)	31 (24.2)	128
60-69	70 (74.5)	24 (25.5)	94
≥ 70	16 (72.7)	6 (27.3)	22
Gender
Male	93 (72.7)	35 (27.3)	128	0.776
Female	160 (76.9)	48 (23.1)	208
Education
Illiterate	61 (76.2)	19 (23.8)	80	0.016
Just literate	37 (75.5)	12 (24.5)	49
Primary school	83 (83.0)	17 (17.0)	100
Intermediate school	44 (77.2)	13 (22.8)	57
Secondary school	8 (50.0)	8 (50.0)	16
College and more	20 (58.8)	14 (41.2)	34
Marital status
Single	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)	6	0.604
Married	200 (74.3)	69 (25.7)	269
Divorced	3 (60.0)	2 (40.0)	5
Widowed	45 (80.4)	11 (19.6)	56
Residence
Basrah city	164 (72.6)	62 (27.4)	226	0.215
Northern Basrah	40 (72.4)	13 (27.65	53
Southern Basrah	5 (83.3)	1 (16.7)	6
Eastern Basrah	12 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	12
Western Basrah	32 (82.1)	7 (17.9)	39