Value of oral glucose tolerance test in the acute phase of myocardial infarction

Table 2 Results of OGTT immediately before discharge and 3 months after discharge (n = 200).

OGTT immediately before discharge n (%)		OGTT 3 months after discharge n (%)
		normal glucose tolerance	impaired glucose tolerance	diabetes mellitus
normal glucose tolerance	104 (52%) *	89 (86%)	15 (14%)	-
impaired glucose tolerance	68 (34%) **	43 (63%)	23 (34%)	2 (3%)
diabetes mellitus	28 (14%) ***	10 (36%)	10 (36%)	8 (28%)
total	200 (100%)	142 (71%) *	48 (24%) **	10 (5%) ***
p		0.0004 *	0.0001 **	0.0001 ***

p - for comparison of patients in the particular subgroup immediately before discharge and 3 months after discharge
OGTT - oral glucose tolerance test.

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