Table 1 Clinical characteristics.

From: Dysglycaemia and the interaction of chronic and acute glycaemia with mortality post cardiac surgery

Characteristic

HBA1C Level

p-values

Control, N = 6,6631

Diabetes, N = 2,5021

HbA1c <6.5%2

HbA1c 6.5–7.9%2

HbA1c ≥ 8.0%2

Age

68 (60, 76)

68

(61, 75)

69

(60, 76)

68

(61, 75)

63

(56, 70)

0.74

<0.0015

<0.0016

Gender

4,768 (72%)

1,788 (71%)

4,777

(72%)

1,213

(72%)

566 (70%)

0.54

0.35

0.26

Admission Type

     

<0.0014

<0.0015

<0.0016

ELECTIVE

3,609 (54%)

1,303 (52%)

3,707 (56%)

853 (51%)

352 (43%)

 

URGENT

3,054 (46%)

1,199 (48%)

2,969 (44%)

823 (49%)

461 (57%)

 

BMI

28.2 (25.1, 31.8)

31.0 (27.5, 35.3)

28.3 (25.2, 32.0)

30.5 (27.1, 34.6)

31.4 (27.8, 35.6)

<0.0014

<0.0015

<0.0016

Mortality

65 (1.0%)

41 (1.6%)

68 (1.0%)

26 (1.6%)

12 (1.5%)

0.0734

0.35

>0.96

SOFA SCORE

5 (3, 7)

6

(4, 8)

5 (3)

6 (3)

6 (3)

0.0024

0.0865

0.66

Valvular Surgery

3,486 (52%)

981 (39%)

3,599 (54%)

646 (39%)

222 (27%)

<0.0014

<0.0015

<0.0016

CABG Surgery

4,732 (71%)

2,134 (85%)

4,680 (70%)

1,436 (86%)

750 (92%)

<0.0014

<0.0015

<0.0016

COPD

1,330 (20%)

532 (21%)

1,377 (21%)

332

(20%)

153 (19%)

0.54

0.25

0.66

CKD

758 (11%)

615

(25%)

838 (12%)

358 (21%)

177 (22%)

<0.0014

<0.0015

0.86

Liver Disease

187 (2.8%)

109

(4.4%)

206 (3.1%)

62 (3.7%)

28 (3.4%)

0.2

0.6

0.8

Myocardial Infarction

1,756 (26%)

1,020 (41%)

1,778

(27%)

617 (37%)

381 (47%)

<0.0014

<0.0015

<0.0016

Congestive Heart Failure

1,860 (28%)

820 (33%)

1,857

(27%)

542

(32%)

281 (35%)

<0.0014

<0.0015

0.36

  1. 1Median (IQR); n (%).
  2. 2Median (IQR); n (%); Mean (SD).
  3. 3Wilcoxon rank sum test; Fisher’s exact test.
  4. 4A1 vs A2 p-values.
  5. 5A1 vs A3 p-values.
  6. 6A2 vs A3 p-values.
  7. HbA1c = glycated haemoglobin; CABG = Coronary artery bypass graft; CHF = Congestive Heart Failure; MI = Myocardial Infarction; CKD = Chronic Kidney Disease; COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease; BMI = Body Mass Index; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.