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. 2011 Apr 6;5:5. doi: 10.1186/1754-9493-5-5

Table 3.

Multiple logistic regression with backward elimination

BG < 80 vs 80 ≤ BG < 150 BG ≥ 150 vs 80 ≤ BG < 150
OR (95% CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value

Age (per year) 1.02 (1.01; 1.03) <0.001 1.01 (1.01; 1.02) <0.001
Gender (female vs male) -- --
Neurosurgery -- 1.0 <0.001
Abdominal surgery 0.6 (0.5; 0.7)
Vascular surgery 0.7 (0.6; 0.9)
Trauma surgery 0.6 (0.5; 0.8)
SAPS II (>36 vs ≤36) -- --
Sepsis 1992 severe/shock (yes vs no) -- 1.2 (1.1; 1.4) 0.003
Sepsis 2003 severe/shock (yes vs no) -- --
Extracorporeal renal replacement therapy (yes vs no) -- --
MELD (>9 vs ≤9) -- --
SOFA (>4 vs ≤4) -- --
Adrenaline (yes vs no) -- --
Noradrenaline (yes vs no) 1.4 (1.2; 1.8) <0.001 1.4 (1.2; 1.6) <0.001
Steroids (yes vs no) 1.3 (1.003; 1.7) 0.047 1.4 (1.2; 1.7) <0.001
Insulin 2.1 (1.7; 2.6) <0.001 2.4 (2.0; 2.7) <0.001

OR (95% CI) of factors associated with blood glucose concentrations < 80 mg/dl or ≥ 150 mg/dl.

BG = blood glucose; CI = confidence interval; IIT = intensive insulin therapy; MELD = model of end stage liver disease; OR = odds ratio; SAPS II = Simplified Acute Physiology Score; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

Number of data sets: see Table 1.

To convert the values for glucose to millimoles per litre, multiply by 0.05551.

For comparison with the other types of surgery, the risk has been set at 1 for neurosurgery.