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Table 5 Mean HbA1c levels with 95% confidence intervals in groups of people with types 1 or 2 diabetes who have had (or have not had) hypoglycemia events requiring emergency medical services. b) Secretagogues e.g. sulfonylureas and glinides

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

 

Severe hypoglycemia

June 1997–May 1998

January 2011–December 2012

Number of people

Mean HbA1c (95% CI)

Number of people

Mean HbA1c (95% CI)

Type 1

No

908

7.93 (7.76–8.10)

1671

9.19 (5.45–12.93)

Yes

69

7.77 (7.29–8.25)

182

9.00 (5.76–12.23)

Type 2 b)

No

2800

7.16 (7.08–7.23)

4772

7.93 (4.81–11.05)

Yes

23

8.00 (7.10–8.91)

47

7.60 (4.72–10.48)

Insulin

No

835

8.23 (8.09–8.37)

3390

8.86 (5.16–12.56)

Yes

66

7.87 (7.47–8.28)

183

8.49 (4.97–12.02)

All diabetes

No

8495

7.19 (7.14–7.24)

20,953

7.67 (4.21–11.13)

Yes

160

7.85 (7.57–8.14)

454

8.47 (4.98–11.95)