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Table 2 Patients' rating of their health-related quality of life state (EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale) by experience of hypoglycemic symptoms and hypoglycemic symptom severity - overall and by country

From: Association of hypoglycemic symptoms with patients' rating of their health-related quality of life state: a cross sectional study

Patient Group

All Patients

(N= 1709)

Spain

(N= 441)

France

(N= 150)

UK

(N= 342)

Norway

(N= 48)

Finland

(N= 162)

Germany

(N= 326)

Poland

(N= 240)

All Patients

71.64 ± 16.44

70.42 ± 14.68

71.89 ± 15.51

68.77 ± 17.87

70.15 ± 17.75

70.53 ± 15.91

73.08 ± 16.22

76.80 ± 17.10

By Experience of Hypoglycemic Symptoms

   with symptoms

68.70 ± 16.58

68.96 ± 14.09

71.37 ± 13.53

65.35 ± 18.28

75.00 ± 19.20

69.61 ± 17.32

68.27 ± 18.59

72.03 ± 14.61

   without symptoms

73.47 ± 16.11

71.26 ± 14.91

72.22 ± 16.72

72.50 ± 16.73

67.48 ± 16.62

71.56 ± 14.53

74.61 ± 15.11

79.14 ± 17.78

   VAS score differences

4.78 ± 16.29

2.31 ± 14.62

0.86 ± 15.56

7.16 ± 17.58

-7.52 ± 17.56

1.95 ± 15.94

6.34 ± 16.01

7.12 ± 16.81

   p-value*

< 0.0001

0.1177

0.7461

0.0003

0.1629

0.4418

0.0072

0.0023

By Hypoglycemic Symptom Severity †

   witout symptoms

73.47 ± 16.11

71.26 ± 14.91

72.22 ± 16.72

72.50 ± 16.73

67.48 ± 16.62

71.56 ± 14.53

74.61 ± 15.11

79.14 ± 17.78

   with mild symptoms

70.93 ± 15.56

69.97 ± 14.30

73.73 ± 12.42

67.69 ± 17.75

79.55 ± 9.34

70.07 ± 17.85

73.57 ± 15.01

72.94 ± 14.15

   with moderate symptoms

65.80 ± 16.92

66.14 ± 12.78

71.00 ± 13.52

64.65 ± 17.42

90.00 ± 17.32

67.95 ± 16.95

59.95 ± 20.97

65.73 ± 16.94

   with severe symptoms

54.30 ± 18.77

65.00 ± 17.68

55.00 ± 12.25

51.54 ± 21.51

43.33 ± 16.07

72.50 ± 3.54

41.75 ± 10.90

80.00 ± 0.00

   p-value‡

< 0.0001

0.1980

0.0866

< 0.0001

0.0010

0.8243

< 0.0001

0.0106

  1. Data are mean ± SD unless otherwise specified
  2. * Based on the t test of the null of no differences in the mean quality of life scores between patients with and without hypoglycemic symptoms
  3. † Symptom severity is based on the most severe form reported by a patient, i.e. if a patient reports both 'mild' and 'moderate' symptoms the patient is listed only under the 'moderate' symptoms group
  4. ‡ Based on the F test of the joint hypothesis of no differences in the mean quality of life scores across hypoglycemic symptom severity groups