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Table 2 Odds ratio for the logistic regression model, with suffering a hypoglycaemic episode as dependent variable

From: Incidence of severe hypoglycaemic episodes in patients with type 2 diabetes in the Basque country: impact on healthcare costs

People who have suffered at least one hypoglycaemic episode

Characteristics

Odds ratio

P value

[95 %

Conf. interval]

Gender

    

 Males (reference)

1

   

 Females

1.140

0.194

0.935

1.390

Age ranges

    

 35-39 (reference)

1

   

 40-44

0.288

0.036

0.090

0.923

 45-49

0.248

0.006

0.092

0.666

 50-54

0.186

<0.001

0.074

0.466

 55-59

0.123

<0.001

0.050

0.307

 60-64

0.162

<0.001

0.070

0.376

 65-69

0.153

<0.001

0.066

0.350

 70-74

0.203

<0.001

0.090

0.458

 75-79

0.274

0.001

0.124

0.607

 80-84

0.336

0.007

0.151

0.745

 85+

0.334

0.008

0.149

0.751

HbA1c

    

 HbA1c ≤7 % (reference)

1

   

 HbA1c >7 % and HbA1c ≤ 8 %

1.651

<0.001

1.331

2.048

 HbA1c >8 % and HbA1c ≤ 9 %

1.537

0.005

1.140

2.074

 HbA1c >9 %

2.216

<0.001

1.653

2.972

Deprivation index

    

 1 (reference)

1

   

 2

0.887

0.408

0.668

1.178

 3

1.028

0.846

0.781

1.351

  1. The ADGs are not provided in this table. Please contact the authors for further information
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