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. 2013 Jun 17;5(1):80–86. doi: 10.1111/jdi.12113

Table 1. Patient characteristics of the admission glucose groups.

Admission glucose level (mg/dL) <100 (= 72) 100 – 139 (= 345) 140 – 189 (= 237) 190 – 249 (= 114) ≥250 (= 191) P‐value
Age (years) 61.2 ± 12.9 58.0 ± 12.6 61.7 ± 12.7 62.2 ± 12.2 63.0 ± 12.0 <0.001
Male 64 (88.9) 306 (88.7) 197 (83.1) 90 (78.9) 130 (68.1) <0.001
Previously recognized diabetes 13 (18.1) 22 (6.4) 50 (21.1) 63 (55.3) 158 (82.7) <0.001
History of heart failure 4 (5.6) 6 (1.7) 2 (0.8) 7 (6.1) 9 (4.7) <0.001
Presentation
Typical angina 63 (87.5) 321 (93.0) 214 (90.3) 100 (87.7) 155 (81.2) 0.001
Killip III/IV 14 (19.4) 64 (18.6) 61 (25.7) 36 (31.6) 89 (46.6) <0.001
Laboratory analysis
Creatine kinase (IU/L) 1864.3 ± 106.0 2910.0 ± 136.4 2995.2 ± 155.4 2734.2 ± 227.5 3374.8 ± 239.8 0.002
Creatine kinase‐MB (IU/L) 185.9 ± 19.6 269.8 ± 14.1 260.6 ± 12.8 250.5 ± 24.5 278.0 ± 22.2 0.11
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 177.5 ± 37.5 187.7 ± 41.5 183.4 ± 40.1 178.9 ± 46.2 189.8 ± 48.3 0.09
Triglyceride (mg/dL) 129.4 ± 85.6 132.7 ± 101.9 130.1 ± 95.7 180.2 ± 177.6 184.5 ± 199.9 <0.001
High‐density lipoprotein (mg/dL) 42.3 ± 16.0 43.4 ± 12.7 43.1 ± 13.8 40.4 ± 12.9 40.3 ± 13.5 0.22
Low‐density lipoprotein (mg/dL) 111.1 ± 34.1 123.0 ± 35.5 117.8 ± 37.7 110.5 ± 39.2 116.7 ± 40.4 0.06
Platelets (K/uL) 235.9 ± 123.8 223.7 ± 68.0 215.0 ± 53.3 226.8 ± 65.6 227.7 ± 82.0 0.24
Medication therapy
Antihypertensive therapy 22 (30.6) 135 (39.1) 94 (39.7) 35 (30.7) 60 (31.4) 0.14
Antidyslipidemic therapy 11 (15.3) 82 (23.8) 59 (24.9) 20 (17.5) 44 (23.0) 0.30
Antidiabetic therapy 13 (18.1) 22 (6.4) 50 (21.1) 63 (55.3) 158 (82.7) <0.001

Values are presented as n (%) or as mean ± standard deviation (n = 959). †Values are presented as mean ± standard error.