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Table 2 In-hospital complications

From: Hemoglobin A1C as a prognostic factor and the pre-diabetic paradox in patients admitted to a tertiary care medical center intensive cardiac care unit

 

Groups

p-value

HbA1c < 5.7 g% (No DM) (%)

5.7 g% ≤ HbA1c < 6.4 g% (Pre-DM) (%)

HbA1c ≥ 6.5 g% (DM) (%)

Heart failure

4.0

3.5

5.0

0.553

Left ventricular thrombus

0.2

1.1

0.7

0.185

Shock

5.1

5.0

5.0

0.995

Recurrent MI/stent thrombosis

0.5

0.2

0.7

0.538

Malignant arrhythmia

2.7

1.7

2.2

0.580

Mechanical complication

0.2

0.4

0.5

0.678

Acute renal failure

3.1

3.5

5.0

0.308

Severe bleeding

6.2

3.5

3.7

0.077

Blood transfusions

4.1

3.9

3.1

0.862

Vascular complication

1.8

1.0

0.5

0.443

Cerebrovascular accident/transient ischemic event

1.3

0.9

1.2

0.814

Sepsis

1.8

2.0

1.2

0.685

Anoxic brain damage

0.5

0.5

0.0

0.635

Any complication

32.6

28.0

26.9

0.313

Mortality

1.5

3.7

3.0

0.072

  1. Data are reported as n (%)
  2. DM, diabetes mellitus; MI, myocardial infarction