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Aims  To ascertain the frequency and identify predictors of self‐reported hypoglycaemia in Type 1 and insulin‐treated Type 2 diabetes.

Methods  A random sample of 267 people with insulin‐treated diabetes were recruited from a population‐based diabetes register in Tayside, Scotland. Each subject prospectively recorded the number of mild and severe hypoglycaemic episodes experienced over a 1‐month period. Ordinal logistic regression was performed to identify potential predictors of hypoglycaemia.

Results  Five hundred and seventy‐two hypoglycaemic events were reported by 155 patients. The participants with Type 1 diabetes had a total of 336 hypoglycaemic events with a rate of 42.89 events per patient per year. Of these, nine were severe hypoglycaemic events, with a rate of 1.15 events per patient per year. Participants with insulin‐treated Type 2 diabetes experienced a total of 236 hypoglycaemic …