Table 1.
Patients clinical demographics. Values are numbers (percentages) except when median (interquartile range).
| Historical cohort n = 100 |
Intervention group n = 100 |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age (years) | 68 (60–74) | 70 (63–76) | 0.139 |
| Female gender, n (%) | 38 (38) | 47 (47) | 0.198 |
| Diabetes before surgery, n (%) | 21 (23) | 23 (23) | 0.733 |
| Preoperative insulin treatment, n (%) | 13 (13) | 15 (15) | 0.684 |
| Insulin treatment at discharge from hospital, n (%) | 18 (18) | 21 (21) | 0.722 |
| Heart disease, n (%) | 12 (12) | 21 (21) | 0.086 |
| Median eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2 | 81 (63–98) | 85 (75–99) | 0.042 |
| Baseline CRP (mg/l) | 3.8 (1.5–10.8) | 3.9 (1.9–10.5) | 0.620 |
| Max CRP (mg/l) during POD1-5 | 183 (109–267) | 160 (115–236) | 0.124 |
p-value <0.05 is considered statistical significant