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Table 2 Hypoglycemia events

From: Reactive hypoglycemia in binge eating disorder, food addiction, and the comorbid phenotype: unravelling the metabolic drive to disordered eating behaviours

 

Groups

Statistics

 

no-BED/FA

(n = 80)

BED

(n = 43)

FA

(n = 24)

BED-FA

(n = 53)

χ2

p

Hypoglycemia (< 70 mg/dL)

      

 Events (yes)

 

64 (80.8)

30 (69.8)

21 (87.5)

43 (81.1)

 

ns

 Repeated events

 

57 (71.3)

25 (58.1)

15 (62.5)

38 (71.7)

 

ns

 By OGTT

30′–120′

5 (6.3)

7 (16.9)

1 (4.2)

5 (9.4)

 

ns

 

150′

7 (8.8)

1 (2.4)

2 (8.3)

5 (9.4)

 

ns

 

180′

19 (24.7)

5 (12.8)

8 (34.8)

16 (32.7)

 

ns

 

210′

38 (52.8)

16 (44.4)

13 (59.1)

26 (57.1)

 

ns

 

240′

41 (62.1)

21 (60.0)

12 (63.2)

30 (68.2)

 

ns

 

270′

42 (71.2)

11 (39.3)

5 (41.7)

27 (67.5)

10.732

.013

 

300′

25 (48.1)

6 (27.3)

5 (50.0)

17 (42.5)

 

ns

 

Early (200)

25 (31.3)

11 (25.6)

10 (41.7)

19 (35.8)

 

ns

 

Late (175)

59 (81.9)

27 (75.0)

19 (86.4)

40 (88.9)

 

ns

Severe hypoglycemia (< 54 mg/dL)

      

 Events (yes)

 

17 (21.3)

11 (25.6)

7 (29.2)

17 (32.1)

 

ns

 By time

30′–120′

  
 

150′

1 (1.3)

1 (1.9)

 

ns

 

180′

3 (3.8)

2 (4.7)

4 (7.5)

 

ns

 

210′

4 (5.0)

2 (4.7)

4 (16.7)

6 (11.3)

 

ns

 

240′

11 (13.8)

6 (14.0)

4 (16.7)

9 (17.0)

 

ns

 

270′

3 (3.8)

1 (2.3)

2 (8.3)

2 (3.8)

 

ns

 

300′

3 (7.0)

11.120

.011

Reactive hypoglycemia

 Events (yes)

 

20 (25.1)

15 (34.9)

13 (54.3)

8 (15.1)

13.898

.003

 By time

30′–120′

  
 

150′

2 (4.6)

 

ns

 

180′

3 (3.7)

1 (4.2)

3 (5.7)

 

ns

 

210′

5 (6.3)

4 (16.7)

1 (1.9)

10.485

.015

 

240′

6 (7.5)

7 (16.3)

7 (29.2)

4 (7.5)

9.972

.019

 

270′

6 (7.5)

6 (14.0)

1 (4.2)

7.962

.047

 

300′

  
  1. Bold: significant p-value after Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons (set at p < .008)
  2. BED: binge eating disorder; FA: food addiction. Severe hypoglycemia was considered for plasma glucose <  = 54 mg/dl. Early hypoglycemia: 0′–180′; late hypoglycemia > 180′. Sample size for hypoglycemia by OGTT timing due to interruption as follows: 150′ (N = 188), 180′ (N = 174), 210′ (N = 162), 240′ (N = 137), 270′ (N = 124), 300′ (N = 124), early (N = 200), late (N = 175)
  3. Means and standard deviations