Table 4 Clinical outcomes versus chronic glycemic control in patients with both diabetes and acute myocardial infarction.

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

 

>HbA1c ≤ 7% (n = 156)

7% < HbA1c < 9% (n = 122)

HbA1c ≥ 9% (n = 53)

p value

Mortality

20(12.8%)

18(14.8%)

5(9.4%)

0.63

Cardiac arrest at admission

4(2.6%)

1(0.8%)

1(1.9%)

0.55

Cardiogenic shock

32(20.5%)

13(10.7%)

7(13.2%)

0.07

MACEs

35(22.4%)

19(15.6%)

7(13.2%)

0.19

VF, AV block, resuscitation

51(32.7%)

30(24.6%)

13(24.5%)

0.26

Acute respiratory failure

46(29.5%)

27(22.1%)

12(22.6%)

0.33

Acute heart failure

122(78.2%)

81(66.4%)

36(67.9%)

0.07

UGIB

17(10.9%)

14(11.5%)

2(3.8%)

0.26

Acute kidney injury

92(59.0%)

69(56.6%)

16(30.2%)

0.001*

PCI

125(80.1%)

103(84.4%)

40(75.5%)

0.36

GRACE score

183 ± 38

176 ± 41

164 ± 43

0.01*

Hospital stay (days)

17.0 ± 21.3

14.2 ± 20.3

9.0 ± 10.6

0.04*

Glycemic gap (mg/dL)

69.1 ± 93.8

54.2 ± 79.7

66.3 ± 105.1

0.39

  1. *P < 0.05
  2. MACEs, major adverse cardiac events; UGIB, upper gastrointestinal bleeding; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; GRACE, global registry of acute coronary events.