Intensive Treatment and Severe Hypoglycemia Among Adults With Type 2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Intensive glucose-lowering treatment among patients with non-insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes may increase the risk of hypoglycemia.

Objectives

To estimate the prevalence of intensive treatment and the association between intensive treatment, clinical complexity, and incidence of severe hypoglycemia among adults with type 2 diabetes who are not using insulin.

Design, setting, and participants

Retrospective analysis of administrative, pharmacy, and laboratory data from the OptumLabs Data Warehouse from January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2013. The study included nonpregnant adults 18 years or older with type 2 diabetes who achieved and maintained a hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) level less than 7.0% without use of insulin and had no episodes of severe hypoglycemi

SUBMITTER: McCoy RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5380118 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature