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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population according to dextrose administration

From: The administration of dextrose during in-hospital cardiac arrest is associated with increased mortality and neurologic morbidity

Characteristic

Received dextrose during cardiac arrest

P value

No

Yes

(n = 95,856)

(n = 4,173)

Demographics

   

Age in years, median (IQR)

69 (57–79)

65 (53–77)

<0.001

Sex, number (percentage)

  

0.03

Female

40,306 (42.1)

1,690 (40.3)

 

Male

55,550 (58.0)

2,499 (59.7)

 

Race, number (percentage)

  

<0.001

White

68,474 (76.8)

2,527 (64.8)

 

Black

17,109 (19.2)

1,208 (31.0)

 

Other

3,551 (4.0)

165 (4.2)

 

Type of admission, number (percentage)

  

<0.001

Medical-Non-cardiac

41,798 (43.6)

2,267 (54.3)

 

Medical-Cardiac

32,031 (35.4)

1,212 (29.1)

 

Surgical-Non-cardiac

10,877 (11.4)

421 (10.1)

 

Surgical-Cardiac

6,188 (6.5)

185 (4.4)

 

Trauma

2,777 (2.9)

73 (1.8)

 

Other

272 (0.3)

14 (0.3)

 

Pre-existing conditions, number (percentage)

   

Cardiac

   

Arrhythmia

31,414 (32.9)

1,188 (28.5)

<0.001

History of MI

15,864 (16.6)

584 (14.0)

<0.001

MI this admission

17,148 (17.9)

472 (11.3)

<0.001

History of heart failure

20,090 (21.0)

911 (21.9)

0.19

Heart failure this admission

17,091 (17.9)

702 (16.8)

0.08

Non-cardiac

   

Respiratory insufficiency

40,001 (41.9)

1,672 (40.2)

0.03

Diabetes mellitus

28,759 (30.1)

1,717 (41.2)

<0.001

Renal insufficiency

30,784 (32.2)

1,838 (44.0)

<0.001

Metastatic/Hematologic malignancy

11,801 (12.4)

471 (11.3)

0.05

Hypotension/Hypoperfusion

26,263 (27.5)

1,107 (26.6)

0.21

Pneumonia

13,015 (13.6)

592 (14.2)

0.30

Baseline depression in CNS function

12,273 (12.8)

564 (13.5)

0.18

Metabolic/Electrolyte abnormality

15,477 (16.2)

974 (23.3)

<0.001

Septicemia

14,586 (15.3)

872 (20.9)

<0.001

Acute CNS non-stroke event

6,991 (7.3)

314 (7.5)

0.58

Hepatic insufficiency

6,724 (7.0)

431 (10.4)

<0.001

Acute stroke

3,686 (3.9)

144 (3.5)

0.18

Major trauma

3,587 (3.8)

104 (2.5)

<0.001

  1. CNS, central nervous system; IQR, interquartile range; MI, myocardial infarction.