Hypoglycemia Is Independently Associated with Multidimensional Impairment in Elderly Diabetic Patients

Table 2

Demographic and clinical characteristics associated with a moderate/severe Multidimensional Prognostic Index (MPI) grade in 1342 older patients with type 2 DM.

	MPI; Moderate/severe risk versus low risk
	OR	95% CI	P value
Age (years)	1.11	1.07–1.14	<0.0001
Sex (female)	2.41	1.69–3.44	<0.0001
Hypoglycemic events in the last 3 months	1.83	1.17–2.86	0.0084
Gained weight in the last 3 months	1.84	1.24–2.74	0.0027
Hospitalization for glycemic decompensation in the last 3 months	7.67	3.32–17.7	<0.0001
Triglycerides (log transformed)	1.78	1.21–2.63	0.0037
BMI			0.0148
Underweight (BMI < 18.5 kg/m^2)	0.98	0.06–15.9
Normal weight (BMI 18.5–25 kg/m^2)	1.00
Overweight (BMI 25–30 kg/m^2)	0.59	0.37–0.97
Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m^2)	1.12	0.71–1.79