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Table 3 Adverse perioperative cardiovascular events

From: Impaired fasting glucose is associated with increased perioperative cardiovascular event rates in patients undergoing major non-cardiothoracic surgery

  

All patients

(n = 680)

Normal glucose

(n = 344)

Impaired fasting glucose

(n = 132)

Diabetes mellitus

(n = 204)

P value

PCE

No

600(88,2)

327(95)

119(90,2)

154(75,5)

< 0,001

 

Yes

80(11,8)

17(5)

13(9,8)

50(24,5)

 
 

Acute coronary syndrome

24(30)

6(35,3)

6(46,2)

12(24)

 
 

Severe arrhythmia

12(15)

2(11,8)

1(7,7)

9(18)

 

Distrubition of PCE

Nonfatal cardiac arrest

5(6,3)

1(5,9)

1(7,7)

3(6)

0,512

 

Cardiovascular death

5(6,3)

1(5,9)

0(0)

4(8)

 
 

Cardioembolic stroke

10(12,5)

1(5,9)

2(15,4)

7(14)

 
 

Pulmonary embolism

7(8,8)

4(23,5)

0(0)

3(6)

 
 

Acute heart failure

17(21,3)

2(11,8)

3(23,1)

12(24)

 
  1. Abbreviations: PCE = Perioperative cardiovascular adverse event. Values are given as mean ± SD or number (percentage)