Table Causes of hypoglycaemia in the patients
| Number (%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 54 (42) |
| Insulin therapy | 32 |
| Sulfonylurea | 22 |
| Liver disease | 3 (2) |
| Fulminant hepatitis | 2 |
| Cirrhosis | 1 |
| Insulinoma | 7 (6) |
| Endocrine deficiencies | 25 (20) |
| Panhypopituitarism | 14 |
| Hypophysectomy | 3 |
| Sheehan's syndrome | 11 |
| Withdrawal of chronic steroid therapy | 1 |
| Addison's disease | 10 |
| Chronic renal failure | 6 (5) |
| Malignancies | 15 (12) |
| Lymphangioma | 1 |
| Gastric carcinoma | 1 |
| Hypernephroma | 1 |
| Lymphoma | 3 |
| Oesophagus carcinoma | 1 |
| Cervix carcinoma | 1 |
| Leukaemia | 2 |
| Nasopharynx carcinoma | 1 |
| Rectum carcinoma | 1 |
| Gastric lymphoma | 1 |
| Hemangiopericytoma | 1 |
| Hepatocellular carcinoma | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 9 (7) |
| Malnutrition (anorexia nervosa) | 2 |
| Reactive | 4 |
| Pregnancy | 1 |
| Sepsis | 1 |
| Alcohol intoxication | 1 |
| Unknown | 7 (6) |
| Total | 126 (100) |