Table 3.
Categorical Perioperative Fasting Glucose Values
| Glucose value | Infected | Noninfected | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤100 mg/dl | 101–200 mg/dl | >200 mg/dl | ≤100 mg/dl | 101–200 mg/dl | >200 mg/dl | ||
| Day of surgery | 0 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 26 | 0 | 0.300 |
| POD 1 | 1 | 53 | 6 | 41 | 880 | 37 | 0.049a |
| POD 2 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 99 | 7 | 0.777 |
| POD 3 | 17 | 36 | 2 | 232 | 412 | 8 | 0.296 |
| POD 4 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 79 | 151 | 6 | 0.428 |
| All (%)b | 22 (15) | 111 (78) | 10 (7) | 373 (18) | 1668 (79) | 58 (3) | <0.001a |
a
p < .05.
b
Value in parentheses is the percentage of patients in each BG category in infected and noninfected groups.