Research Article
The Association of Mean Plasma Glucose and In hospital Death Proportion: A Retrospective, Cohort Study of 162,169 In-Patient Data
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | | n (%) | Inhospital death, n (%) | |
| | Gender | <0.001 | | Male | 86475 (53.32) | 672 (0.78) | | | Female | 75694 (46.68) | 317 (0.42) | |
| | Age(y) | <0.001 | | ≤17 | 3153 (1.94) | 4 (0.12) | | | 18–40 | 37603 (23.19) | 57 (0.15) | | | 41–65 | 84015 (51.80) | 291 (0.35) | | | 66–85 | 32103 (19.80) | 420 (1.30) | | | ≥86 | 5295 (3.27) | 217 (4.10) | |
| | Mean glucose(mmol/L) | <0.001 | | ≤3.9 | 1794 (1.11) | 19 (1.06) | | | 3.9–6.1 | 121285 (74.79) | 280 (0.23) | | | 6.1–8.0 | 26521 (16.35) | 271 (1.02) | | | 8.0–11.1 | 8860 (5.46) | 232 (2.62) | | | 11.1–16.7 | 3160 (1.95) | 143 (4.53) | | | >16.7 | 549 (0.34) | 44 (8.01) | |
| | Non-ICU | 156703 (96.63) | 896 (0.57) | <0.001 | | ICU | 5467 (3.37) | 93 (1.70) | |
| | Nonsurgical | 116429 (71.79) | 100 (0.09) | <0.001 | | Surgical | 45740 (28.21) | 889 (1.94) | |
| | Nondiabetes | 147981 (91.25) | 789 (0.53) | <0.001 | | Diabetes | 14188 (8.75) | 200 (1.41) | |
| | In total | 162 169 | 989 (0.60) | |
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. ICU, intensive care unit. |
