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Table 3 Incidence rates of hypoglycemia requiring emergency medical services. (Rates for patients with type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes treated with a) non-secretagogues, b) secretagogues, or insulin)

From: Temporal changes in frequency of severe hypoglycemia treated by emergency medical services in types 1 and 2 diabetes: a population-based data-linkage cohort study

Group

June 1997–May 1998

1 January 2011–31 December 2012

Incidence ratea

(95% CI)

Events

(person-years)

Incidence ratea

(95% CI)

IRRb

(95% CI)

P value

Type 1

0.115

(0.094–0.136)

319

(3867.35)

0.082

(0.073–0.092)

0.720

(0.580–0.892)

< 0.001

Type 2 a)

0.001

(0.000–0.002)

50

(22,100.36)

0.002

(0.002–0.003)

--

--

b)

0.009

(0.006–0.013)

51

(9318.80)

0.005

(0.004–0.007)

--

--

Insulin

0.118

(0.095–0.141)

282

(7601.69)

0.037

(0.033–0.041)

0.314

(0.249–0.395)

0.008

All type 2

0.017

(0.014–0.020)

383

(39,020.86)

0.010

(0.009–0.011)

0.571

(0.468–0.696)

< 0.001

  1. aIncidence rate is expressed as events per person per year. b IRR incidence rate ratio
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Cardiovascular Diabetology – Endocrinology Reports

ISSN: 3059-4057

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