No episodes of hypoglycaemia | At least one episode of hypoglycaemia (<2.6 mmol/L) | p Value* | Two or more episodes of hypoglycaemia (<2.6 mmol/L) | p Value* | Three or more episodes of hypoglycaemia (<2.6 mmol/L) | p Value* | |
BSID-III scores (mean, SD) | |||||||
Cognitive subscale | 99 (19) | 98 (18) | 0.813 | 96 (21) | 0.499 | 83 (25) | 0.030 |
Language subscale | 93 (20) | 92 (21) | 0.875 | 87 (23) | 0.349 | 71 (26) | 0.020 |
Socioemotional subscale | 99 (20) | 99 (22) | 0.915 | 93 (25) | 0.640 | 74 (23) | 0.004 |
Motor subscale | 97 (18) | 97 (18) | 0.976 | 94 (22) | 0.316 | 86 (30) | 0.385 |
Adverse outcomes in survivors (n, %) | |||||||
BSID cognitive or language<70 | 7/70 (10) | 4/34 (12) | 0.747 | 3/20 (15) | 0.686 | 3/9 (33) | 0.082 |
Blindness | 0 (0) | 1/34 (3) | 0.327 | 1/20 (5) | 0.222 | 1/9 (11) | 0.114 |
Deafness | 1/70 (1) | 3/34 (9) | 0.101 | 3/20 (15) | 0.033 | 2/9 (22) | 0.033 |
Cerebral palsy | 5/70 (7) | 4/34 (12) | 0.470 | 3/20 (15) | 0.369 | 2/9 (22) | 0.179 |
Any disability | 8/70 (11) | 7/34 (21) | 0.242 | 6/20 (30) | 0.074 | 5/9 (55) | 0.005 |
Composite outcome (n, %) | |||||||
Death | 14/84 (17) | 4/38 (11) | 0.425 | 2/22 (9) | 0.515 | 2/11 (18) | 1.0 |
Death or disability | 22/84 (26) | 11/38 (29) | 0.827 | 8/22 (36) | 0.426 | 7/11 (64) | 0.031 |
*p Value compared with no hypoglycaemia group.
BSID-III, Bayley Scale of Infant and Toddler Development III.