Table 2 Characteristics of patients with hypoglycemia and patients without hypoglycemia

Demographics and outcomes

Number

2,309

3,921

857

2,406

1,084

979

372

542

Age (years)

70 (57 to 79)

66 (52 to 71)

75 (60 to 83)

66 (51 to 78)

69 (58 to 78)

68 (55 to 78)

66 (51 to 75)

65 (52 to 73)

DM (%)

27.3

17.5

29.6

17.2

N/A

N/A

22.5

18.7

Diagnostic Category (%)

Medical

64.5

49.8

69.7

48.5

65.5

61.7

48.7

33.4

Surgical/Trauma

35.5

50.2

30.3

51.5

34.5

38.3

51.3

66.6

Mechanical ventilation

63.3

38.5

55.0

28.5

N/A

N/A

82.6

83.5

ICU Length of Stay

5.0 (2.2 to 10.5)

1.8 (1.0 to 3.3)

3.0 (1.4 to 7.1)

1.2 (0.8 to 2.3)

5.2 (2.6 to 10.3)

2.0 (1.3 to 3.2)

9 (5 to 17)

5 (3 to 9)

APACHE II score

20 (14 to 26)

14 (10 to 19)

21.1 (9.3)

14.2 (8.1)

21.2 (7.8)

17.8 (8.4)

18.7 (7.5)

15.3 (6.5)

Mortality (%)

29.6

13.1

29.1

8.9¹

30.1

23.2

29.6

14.0

Glucose control parameters

Number of BG measurements per patient

45 (21 to 97)

11 (7 to 24)

35 (16 to 90)

11 (7 to 23)

47 (24 to 92)

9 (5 to 18)

69 (29 to 136)

20 (10 to 48)

Number of BG measurements per day*

9.5 (7.2 to 11.9)

8.0 (5.0 to 10.0)

11.7

9.2

9.0

4.5

7.7

4.0

Mean (mg/dL)^

118.3 (108.1 to 132.5)

128.1 (115.3 to 144.4)

120.3 (108.4 to 133.9)

125.4 (113.4 to 138.6)¹

116.9 (107.5 to 129.9)

131.9 (119.2 to 152.6)

119.1 (109.0 to 136.3)

137.5 (121.0 to 158.4)

CV (%)

31.6 (25.0 to 40.0)

19.2 (13.7 to 26.1)

29.3 (23.1 to 38.2)

18.4 (13.0 to 24.6)

34.2 (23.0 to 42.4)

21.7 (15.0 to 30.2)

27.7 (22.6 to 35.5)

20.2 (15.2 to 25.8)

SD (mg/dL)

24.8 (16.7 to 36.0)

37.6 (28.9 to 50.4)

34.9 (26.2 to 48.8)

22.7 (15.4 to 32.5)

40.2 (31.2 to 54.1)

28.1 (18.8 to 44.5)

34.8 (25.7 to 46.6)

27.5 (19.1 to 38.8)