Table 1 Comparison of the characteristics of survivors and non-survivors.

From: An Elevated Glycemic Gap is Associated with Adverse Outcomes in Diabetic Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction

 

Survivors (n = 288)

Non-survivors (n = 43)

p value

Age (yrs)

68.8 ± 12.7

77.7 ± 13.1

<0.001*

Male

193(67.0%)

24(55.8%)

0.15

Hypertension

251(87.2%)

39(90.7%)

0.51

Smoking

141(49.0%)

15(34.9%)

0.09

Dyslipidemia

160(55.6%)

13(30.2%)

0.002*

Family history of CAD

18(6.3%)

0(0%)

0.09

Glycemic gap, mg/dL

58.3 ± 84.8

95.7 ± 119.8

0.01*

Admission glucose, mg/dL

227.6 ± 97.8

260.7 ± 131.5

0.12

Max. glucose during first 48 h, mg/dL

281.5 ± 98.9

328.1 ± 118.8

0.005*

HbA1c, %

7.5 ± 1.7

7.4 ± 1.7

0.59

BNP, pg/ml

940 ± 1045

1967 ± 1571

0.005*

Hb, g/dL

12.5 ± 2.7

11.4 ± 2.7

0.01*

Cr, mg/dL

2.8 ± 3.7

2.9 ± 2.8

0.94

Alb, g/dL

3.3 ± 0.46

3.1 ± 0.59

0.10

Total cholesterol, mg/dL

165.6 ± 56.5

136.9 ± 39.5

0.006*

Triglycerol, mg/dL

163.6 ± 202.9

99.6 ± 41.1

0.08

Bilirubin, mg/dL

0.77 ± 0.8

1.11 ± 1.4

0.17

LDL, mg/dL

104.1 ± 40.5

89.6 ± 43.6

0.13

HDL, mg/dL

37.7 ± 11.6

40.1 ± 10.7

0.56

Uric acid, mg/dL

6.5 ± 3.5

7.1 ± 2.4

0.39

Peak CK, U/L

1109 ± 2073

809 ± 1133

0.36

Peak troponin-I, ng/mL

24.1 ± 33.0

28.3 ± 37.2

0.45

STEMI

71(24.7%)

6(14.0%)

0.17

Killip class

  

<0.001*

 I

92(31.9%)

0(0%)

 

 II

95(33.0%)

4(9.3%)

 

 III

85(29.5%)

12(27.9%)

 

 IV

16(5.6%)

27(62.8%)

 

Number of Diseased vessels

  

0.24

 Single-vessel

26(10.9%)

2(6.9%)

 

 Double-vessel

61(25.5%)

4(13.8%)

 

 Triple-vessel

152(63.6%)

23(79.3%)

 

GRACE scores

171.4 ± 1.2

224.1 ± 1.2

<0.001*

Hospital stay (days)

13.2 ± 17.8

25.0 ± 27.3

0.008*

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. CAD, coronary artery disease; Max., maximum; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; LDL, low density lipoprotein cholesterol; HDL, high density lipoprotein cholesterol; CK, creatine kinase; STEMI, ST segment elevation myocardial infarction; GRACE, global registry of acute coronary events.