Research Article
The Association of Mean Plasma Glucose and In hospital Death Proportion: A Retrospective, Cohort Study of 162,169 In-Patient Data
Table 2
Association of mean glucose with in hospital death proportion, medical cost, and length of stay.
| | | Mean glucose (mmol/L) | | ≤3.9 | 3.9–6.1 | 6.1–8.0 | 8.0–11.1 | 11.1–16.7 | >16.7 | Total | |
| | Age (y) | 1794 | 121285 | 26521 | 8860 | 3160 | 549 | 162169 | | | 50.50 (34, 64) | 52 (38, 63) | 59 (49, 68) | 61 (52, 70) | 61 (53, 70) | 61 (52, 72) | 54 (40, 65) | <0.001 | | Male gender (%) | 47.80 | 52.50 | 55.60 | 56.40 | 58.30 | 59.00 | 53.30 | 0.02 | | Length of stay (d) | 7 (4.50, 11.50) | 7.50 (4.50, 12) | 9 (4.50, 15.50) | 10 (5, 17) | 10 (5.50, 17) | 8.5 (4.50, 14.50) | 10.20 (4.50–13.50) | <0.001 | | Medical cost (hundred USD) | 14.50 (7.00, 27.40) | 17.20 (9.20, 41.30) | 28.20 (11.90, 77.40) | 32.10 (13.40, 82.40) | 30.70 (13.60, 78.10) | 22.80 (10.50, 52.60) | 1917.30 (970.40–4969.30) | <0.001 | | Inhospital death (n, %) | 19 (1.06) | 280 (0.23) | 271 (1.02) | 232 (2.62) | 143 (4.53) | 44 (8.01) | 989 (0.60) | <0.001 |
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. P values were determined using Student’s t test, the nonparametric Spearman test, or the chi-square test, if appropriate. |
