Hypoglycemia Risk Factors in Hospitalized Diabetes Patients 2021-2022

A retrospective cohort study of 28,580 hospitalized diabetes patients from 2021 to 2022, identifying risk factors for hypoglycemia. The analysis found hypoglycemia occurred in 3,477 patients (12.2%) and examined relationships with demographics, medications, comorbidities, and lab parameters. Author Liren Li conducted the study using electronic medical record data.

Use Cases

• Identify patient demographics and behavioral characteristics associated with hypoglycemia incidence.
• Analyze the relationship between medications like insulin or glinide use and hypoglycemia events.
• Evaluate how comorbidities such as impaired renal function correlate with hypoglycemia risk.
• Examine temporal patterns of hypoglycemia, including peak incidence within 3 days of admission.
• Assess laboratory parameters like average glucose level as factors for lower hypoglycemia odds.

Strengths

• Large cohort of 28,580 patient records from a hospital medical database.
• Specific incidence rate of 12.2% (3,477 patients) with hypoglycemia is quantified.
• Analysis covers multiple data dimensions: demographics, medications, comorbidities, and lab parameters.
• Clear temporal coverage from 2021 to 2022.

Limitations

• Data is presented in a DOCX document (13.5 KB), not a structured, machine-readable table, limiting direct analysis.
• Column names and sample data are unavailable, requiring manual extraction for computational use.
• Geographic origin and specific hospital organization are unknown, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Hospital medical database.

Collection Method

Retrospective cohort study using electronic medical record data.

Time Range

2021 to 2022.

Freshness

Data covers 2021-2022; metadata last updated March 2026.

Geography

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