Table 4 Risk of developing ventricular tachycardia (VT) during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction according to hospital admission serum glucose levels and history of diabetes
Serum glucose levels (mg/dl) | Diabetes previously diagnosed (+) % developing | Diabetes not previously diagnosed (−) % developing | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | All episodes of VT | Early onset VT | Late onset VT | n | All episodes of VT | Early onset VT | Late onset VT | |
< 120 | 185 | 9.7 | 6.5 | 3.2 | 996 | 13.7 | 9.8 | 3.8 |
120–139 | 132 | 10.6 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 636 | 16.7 | 11.0 | 5.7 |
140–159 | 129 | 20.9 | 14.0 | 7.0 | 382 | 17.5 | 12.6 | 5.0 |
160–179 | 136 | 22.8 | 14.7 | 8.1 | 235 | 20.9 | 13.2 | 7.7 |
> 180 | 912 | 13.8 | 8.2 | 5.6 | 397 | 19.7 | 13.6 | 6.1 |