Admission blood glucose and 10-year mortality among patients with or without pre-existing diabetes mellitus hospitalized with heart failure

Table 3 Admission blood glucose and mortality among DM patients by multivariate analysis

			HR (95% CI)^†	p^†
ABG level category*	Not adjusted to %LVEF	110–140 mg/dL	0.91 (0.75–1.10)	0.347
		140–200 mg/dL	1.08 (0.90–1.29)	0.380
		>200 mg/dL	1.20 (1.01–1.42)	0.032
	Adjusted to %LVEF^‡	110–140 mg/dL	1.05 (0.83–1.33)	0.665
		140–200 mg/dL	1.20 (0.97–1.48)	0.091
		>200 mg/dL	1.36 (1.12–1.66)	0.002
Per 18 mg/dL glucose (1 mmol/L)*	Not adjusted to %LVEF		1.02 (1.01–1.03)	<0.001
	Adjusted to %LVEF^‡		1.02 (1.01–1.04)	<0.001
	Patients with ABG level < 200 mg/dL only		1.02 (0.98–1.06)	0.283

To convert glucose to millimoles per liter, multiply by 0.055
ABG admission blood glucose, CI confidence interval, DM diabetes mellitus, HR hazard ratio, LVEF left ventricular ejection fraction
* Adjusted for age, sex, COPD, NYHA 3,4, acute on chronic and chronic HF categories, statins, beta-blockers, furosemide, active malignancy, hemoglobin, urea, creatinine, SBP
^†HR and p-value compared to ABG < 110 mg/dL
^‡Of 3993 patients, 2775 had LVEF data

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