Table 3: Patient perspectives on hypoglycemia.
- |
T1DM (N = 88) |
T2DM (N = 355) |
Knew what hypoglycemia was at baseline before Part 1 SAQ (%)* |
64.8 |
52.2 |
Defined hypoglycemia based on (%)*: |
- |
- |
Symptoms only |
50.0 |
60.0 |
Blood glucose measurement only |
3.4 |
3.9 |
Either†
|
10.2 |
8.7 |
Both‡
|
29.5 |
14.1 |
Fear of hypoglycemia (scale of 0 to 10) (%)* |
- |
- |
Mean score (SD) |
5.1 (3.09) |
4.8 (2.96) |
0 = not afraid at all |
11.4 |
11.8 |
1 |
8.0 |
5.4 |
2 |
1.1 |
7.0 |
3 |
9.1 |
10.7 |
4 |
9.1 |
6.5 |
5 |
19.3 |
20.0 |
6 |
11.4 |
8.5 |
7 |
8.0 |
8.5 |
8 |
5.7 |
9.3 |
9 |
4.5 |
5.1 |
10 = absolutely terrified |
12.5 |
7.0 |
†Either symptoms or blood glucose measurement; ‡Both symptoms and blood glucose measurements; N: total number of subjects participating; *Percentages based on number of patients with evaluable data; SD: Standard Deviation; T1DM: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus; T2DM: Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.