Patient characteristics
| Patients with diabetes (N=22) | p Value* | Patients without diabetes (N=131) | p Value† | Patients with missing data | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postprandial hyperglycaemia (n=43) | No postprandial hyperglycaemia (n=88) | |||||
| Age, years | 66 (59–73) | 0.04 | 66 (60–71) | 53 (49–58) | 0.001 | 0 |
| Male gender | 68% | 0.40 | 67% | 54% | 0.16 | 0 |
| Family history of diabetes | 68% | 0.004 | 47% | 30% | 0.07 | 14 |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 33 (28–37) | 0.001 | 27 (25–29) | 27 (26–29) | 0.56 | 0 |
| Waist circumference, cm | 110 (102–118) | <0.001 | 100 (95–104) | 97 (94–100) | 0.27 | 18 |
| HbA1c, % | 7.83 (6.97–8.69) | <0.001 | 6.12 (5.79–6.44) | 5.64 (5.53–5.76) | <0.001 | 7 |
| Karnofsky 80% or less | 50% | 0.02 | 44% | 16% | <0.001 | 0 |
| Three or more comorbidities | 54% | <0.001 | 23% | 14% | 0.17 | 0 |
| Diastolic blood pressure, mm Hg | 75 (69–81) | 0.12 | 81 (75–86) | 80 (77–84) | 0.99 | 1 |
| Heart rate, 1/min | 99 (90–109) | 0.22 | 100 (92–107) | 91 (86–95) | 0.005 | 1 |
| Oxygen saturation (%) | 92 (89–94) | 0.35 | 91 (89–93) | 94 (93–95) | 0.004 | 13 |
| Leucocytes, 109/L | 11.8 (9.6–13.9) | 0.46 | 12.4 (10.6–14.3) | 11.7 (10.1–13.3) | 0.10 | 0 |
| Urea, mmol/L | 6.88 (4.96–8.79) | 0.28 | 8.61 (6.41–10.8) | 4.72 (4.00–5.44) | <0.001 | 11 |
| CRP, mg/L | 164 (119–209) | 0.97 | 228 (166–289) | 146 (127–165) | <0.001 | 1 |
| Elevated NT-proBNP | 32% | 0.51 | 29% | 23% | 0.47 | 4 |
| Length of hospital stay, days | 5.8 (4.6–7.1) | 0.53 | 6.6 (5.7–7.5) | 5.9 (5.2–6.6) | 0.03 | 1 |
The data are presented either as percentage of patients showing the feature or means (95% CIs).
*p Value indicates the differences between patients with and without diabetes.
†p Value indicates the differences between the patients with and without postprandial hyperglycaemia within patients without diabetes.
BMI, body mass index; CRP, C reactive protein; HbA1c, glycosylated haemoglobin A1c expressed as percentage of total haemoglobin; NT-proBNP, plasma N-terminal proB-type natriuretic peptide.