From: The impact of early hypoglycemia and blood glucose variability on outcome in critical illness
Characteristic | Total (n = 66,184) | Hypoglycemic episode only (n = 7209) | Blood glucose variability (n = 1913) | Neither (n = 57,969) | P value |
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Illness severity scores: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
   APACHE II [mean (SD)] | 17.0 (8.3) | 18.9 (9.4) | 22.1 (9.7) | 16.2 (8.0) | <0.001 |
   APACHE III [mean (SD)] | 56.7 (29.8) | 65.0 (36.2) | 78.1 (35.3) | 55.0 (28.2) | <0.001 |
Mechanical Ventilation (%) | 45.6 | 49.6 | 55.4 | 44.8 | <0.001 |
pH [mean (SD)] | 7.32 (0.1) | 7.30 (0.14) | 7.26 (0.16) | 7.33 (0.12) | <0.001 |
Creatinine (umol/L) [median (IQR)] | 90 (70 to 136) | 100 (68 to 190) | 123 (80 to 225) | 90 (70 to 130) | 0.001 |
Urea (mmol/L) [median (IQR)] | 6.7 (4.6 to 11.2) | 7.4 (4.3 to 14.8) | 9.9 (6.0 to 17.7) | 6.6 (4.6 to 10.6) | 0.001 |
Urine (L/24 hr) [median (IQR)] | 1.75 (1.04 to 2.56) | 1.60 (0.84 to 2.50) | 1.70 (0.85 to 2.63) | 1.77 (1.08 to 2.56) | 0.001 |