Research Article
Characteristics of Hypoglycemic Diabetic Patients Visiting the Emergency Room
Table 1
Characteristics of the enrolled diabetic hypoglycemic patients.
| | Total | | Number, | 843 |
| | Age (year) | | | Female, (%) | 390 (46.3%) | | BMI (kg/m2) | | | Alcohol (binge), (%) | 88 (10.4%) | | Type 1 DM, (%) | 19 (2.3%) | | DM duration (year) | 4 (1-11) | | Medication, (%) | | | Insulin | 405 (48.0%) | | Sulfonylurea | 290 (34.4%) | | Meglitinide | 44 (5.2%) | | Metformin | 165 (19.6%) | | DPP4i | 139 (16.5%) | | SGLT2i | 2 (0.2%) | | Thiazolidinediones | 20 (2.4%) | | α-Glucosidase inhibitors | 8 (1.0%) | | Glucose (mg/dL) | | | HbA1c (%) | | | BUN (mg/dL) | 24 (16-37) | | Creatinine (mg/dL) | 1.2 (0.81-2.19) | | GFR (mL/min/1.73m2) | 55.0 (28-80) | | Comorbidity, (%) | | | Ischemic heart disease | 219 (26.0%) | | Cerebrovascular disease | 202 (24.0%) | | Hypertensive disease | 185 (22.0%) | | Aneurysm | 159 (18.9%) | | Heart failure | 57 (6.8%) | | Renal failure | 17 (2.0%) | | Sudden cardiac death | 1 (0.1%) | | Cancer | 130 (15.4%) |
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BMI: body mass index; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; DM: diabetes mellitus; DPP4i: dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor; SGLT2i: sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors; GFR: glomerular filtration rate.
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