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. 2010 Sep;5(9):1669–1675. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09481209

Table 5.

Adjusted association of various definitions of inpatient hyperglycemia and NODATa

Variable Multivariate OR (95% CI),bP value
Inpatient hyperglycemia defined as increase in blood sugar ≥ 200 mg/dl or prescription of insulin therapy during hospitalization 4.75 (1.08 to 20.9), 0.04
Inpatient hyperglycemia defined prescription of insulin therapy during hospitalization 4.01 (1.49 to 10.7), 0.006
Hyperglycemia (prescription of insulin or random blood sugar > 200 mg/dl) on the day of hospital discharge 2.93 (1.52 to 5.63), 0.001
a

Composite definition of NODAT.

b

Each association above adjusted for age, pretransplant BMI, whether on steroid maintenance, mean tacrolimus trough at 4 and 12 months, and family history of T2DM.