Improved outcome of patients with diabetes mellitus with good glycemic control in the cardiac intensive care unit: a retrospective study

Table 2 Demographic information, complication incidence and co-morbidities according to diabetes mellitus status

	No DM n = 2096	DM n = 370	p value
Age (years)	63.1 ± 14.0	67.8 ± 11.0	< 0.001
Male sex	74.6	67.6	0.005
ICCU admission	97.7	97.3	0.672
Complications
Pulmonary edema	5.4	5.7	0.854
Acute infection	3.1	3.8	0.459
Acute renal failure	1.2	4.1	< 0.001
Exacerbation of COPD	0.5	0.5	0.969
Acute stroke	0.2	0.3	0.909
Aspiration	0.2	0.3	0.909
Co-morbidities
Hypertension	20.2	64.3	< 0.001
Hyperlipidemia	18.4	57.8	< 0.001
Chronic ischemic heart disease	9.2	29.2	< 0.001
Active smoker	4.7	5.4	0.544
Obesity	2.7	13.0	< 0.001
Congestive heart failure	2.1	5.1	0.001
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	1.4	4.9	< 0.001
Peripheral vascular diseases	0.8	5.1	< 0.001
History of stroke	0.7	2.7	< 0.001
Past smoker	0.8	2.4	0.005
Chronic renal failure	2.3	8.4	< 0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index	0.70 ± 0.76	1.82 ± 1.65	< 0.001