Use of multiple antidiabetic medications in patients with diabetes and its association with hypoglycaemic events: a case-crossover study in Jordan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess whether the use of multiple antidiabetic medications is associated with an increased risk of hypoglycaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Design

A case-crossover study.

Setting

Cases were enrolled from the National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics in Amman, Jordan.

Participants

Patients were those with diabetes mellitus and reported incident of a hypoglycaemic event in their medical records during the period January 2007 to July 2017. Patients with multiple antidiabetic medications were those with at least two antidiabetic medications.

Primary outcome

History of antidiabetic medication use was extracted from the pharmacy records. The use of multiple antidiabetic medications during the risk window (before hyp

SUBMITTER: Naser AY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6252777 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature