Sex difference in the association between malnutrition and hypoglycemia in hospitalized patients.

CONCLUSIONS: Malnutrition risk, as measured by the NRS2002, is associated with significantly increased incidence of hypoglycemia in women alone. Females who lose weight prior to hospitalization have an increased risk to develop hypoglycemia. PMID: 33006466 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33006466?dopt=Abstract

Source: Minerva Endocrinologica - October 4, 2020 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Minerva Endocrinol Source Type: research