Table 4 Mortality percentages of patients with hypoglycemia and without hypoglycemia, stratified by different clinical characteristics
From: Mild hypoglycemia is independently associated with increased mortality in the critically ill
Characteristic | Hypoglycemia | No hypoglycemia | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Diagnostic category | Â | Â | Â |
Medical | 33.9 | 19.2 | < 0.0001 |
Surgical/trauma | 21.8 | 7.1 | < 0.0001 |
Diabetes | 27.2 | 10.5 | < 0.0001 |
No diabetes | 30.0 | 9.7 | < 0.0001 |
ICU LOS | Â | Â | Â |
< 3 days | 28.3 | 11.4 | < 0.0001 |
3 to 7 days | 29.0 | 14.6 | < 0.0001 |
> 7 days | 30.6 | 22.2 | 0.0024 |
Frequency of BG tests | Â | Â | Â |
< 6/day | 25.2 | 14.4 | < 0.0001 |
6 to 9/day | 31.3 | 12.1 | < 0.0001 |
> 9/day | 29.9 | 13.0 | < 0.0001 |