Hypoglycemia definitions*
| Not defined | Non-severe | Severe | Total | |
| (n=14) | (n=116) | (n=189) | (n=319)† | |
| Hypoglycemia definition | ||||
| Not specific definition | 14 (100) | 21 (18.1) | 21 (11.1) | 56 (17.6) |
| Glucose only | – | 27 (23.3) | 7 (3.7) | 34 (10.7) |
| Symptoms only | – | 45 (38.8) | 0 (0) | 45 (14.1) |
| Symptoms requiring ED or health provider assistance | – | 0 (0) | 101 (53.4) | 101 (31.7) |
| ICD codes only | – | 3 (2.6) | 28 (14.8) | 31 (9.7) |
| Glucose and/or symptoms | – | 20 (17.2) | 30 (15.9) | 41 (12.9) |
| Glucose and/or ICD codes | – | 0 (0) | 2 (1.1) | 5 (1.6) |
*Data are presented as number (percentage) unless specified otherwise.
†This denominator represents all the hypoglycemia definitions for non-severe or severe events across all the analyzed studies.
ED, emergency department; ICD, International Classification of Disease.