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. 2013 Sep 9;17(5):R192. doi: 10.1186/cc12886

Table 2.

Characteristics of current hospitalization among metformin users and non-users (overall and after propensity- score matching)

 
Full cohort of all ICU patients with type 2 diabetes (n = 7,404)
Propensity score-matched cohort
 
All Metformin users
All Metformin users (n=2,408) Non-users (n = 4,996), Metformin users (n = 2,192) Non-users (n = 2,192)
  Metformin monotherapy users (n = 1,073) Metformin combination therapy users (n = 1,335)
Diagnostic category
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pneumonia
28 (2.6)
45 (3.4)
73 (3.0)
211 (4.2)
65 (3.0)
89 (4.1)
Septicemia
39 (3.6)
34 (2.6)
73 (3.0)
182 (3.6)
68 (3.1)
83 (3.8)
Other infectious diseases
54 (5.0)
73 (5.5)
127 (5.3)
310 (6.2)
118 (5.4)
122 (5.6)
Diabetes
11 (1.0)
33 (2.5)
44 (1.8)
170 (3.4)
42 (1.9)
59 (2.7)
Endocrinology excluding diabetes
18 (1.7)
31 (2.3)
49 (2.0)
84 (1.7)
48 (2.2)
41 (1.9)
Cardiovascular diseases
353 (32.9)
499 (37.4)
852 (35.4)
1,407 (28.2)
764 (34.9)
723 (33.0)
Respiratory diseases
75 (7.0)
107 (8.0)
182 (7.6)
357 (7.2)
164 (7.5)
156 (7.1)
Gastrointestinal and liver diseases
119 (11.1)
129 (9.7)
248 (10.3)
624 (12.5)
226 (10.3)
230 (10.5)
Cancer and other neoplasms
133 (12.4)
129 (9.7)
262 (10.9)
566 (11.3)
243 (11.1)
256 (11.7)
Trauma and poisoning
114 (10.6)
104 (7.8)
218 (9.1)
415 (8.3)
193 (8.8)
160 (7.3)
Other
129 (12.0)
151 (11.3)
280 (11.6)
670 (13.4)
261 (11.9)
273 (12.5)
ICU admission type
 
 
 
 
 
 
Medical
391 (36.4)
502 (37.6)
893 (37.1)
2,090 (41.8)
829 (37.8)
853 (38.9)
Acute, non-cardiac surgery
288 (26.8)
332 (24.9)
620 (25.8)
1,476 (29.5)
568 (25.9)
592 (27.0)
Acute, cardiac surgery
43 (4.0)
52 (3.9)
95 (4.0)
174 (3.5)
86 (3.9)
88 (4.0)
Elective, non-cardiac surgery
164 (15.3)
192 (14.4)
356 (14.8)
673 (13.5)
324 (14.8)
303 (13.8)
Elective, cardiac surgery
187 (17.4)
257 (19.3)
444 (18.4)
583 (11.7)
385 (17.6)
356 (16.2)
Biochemical evidence of organ dysfunctiona
Renal
 
 
 
 
 
 
Creatinine <110 μmol/L
624 (58.2)
747 (56.0)
1,371 (56.9)
2,340 (46.8)
1,222 (55.8)
1,146 (52.3)
Creatinine 110 to 299 μmol/L
222 (20.7)
310 (23.2)
532 (22.1)
1,408 (28.2)
488 (22.3)
601 (27.4)
Creatinine ≥300 μmol/L
53 (4.9)
65 (4.9)
118 (4.9)
379 (7.6)
108 (4.9)
114 (5.2)
Creatinine missingb
174 (16.2)
213 (16.0)
387 (16.1)
869 (17.4)
374 (17.1)
331 (15.1)
Liver
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bilirubin <20 μmol/L
468 (43.6)
575 (43.1)
1,043 (43.4)
2,086 (41.8)
950 (43.3)
900 (41.1)
Bilirubin 20 to 101 μmol/L
65 (6.1)
81 (6.1)
146 (6.1)
446 (8.9)
130 (5.9)
175 (8.0)
Bilirubin ≥102 μmol/L
4 (0.4)
11 (0.8)
15 (0.6)
47 (0.9)
13 (0.6)
21 (1.0)
Bilirubin missingb
536 (50.0)
668 (50.0)
1,204 (50.0)
2,417 (48.4)
1,099 (50.1)
1,096 (50.0)
Coagulation
 
 
 
 
 
 
Platelet count ≥150 ×109/L
697 (65.0)
888 (66.5)
1,585 (65.8)
2,956 (59.2)
1,439 (65.7)
1,334 (60.9)
Platelet count 50 to 149 ×109/L
187 (17.4)
228 (17.1)
415 (17.2)
938 (18.8)
366 (16.7)
443 (20.2)
Platelet count <50 ×109/L
12 (1.1)
10 (0.8)
22 (0.9)
80 (1.6)
21 (1.0)
30 (1.4)
Platelet count missingb
177 (16.5)
209 (15.7)
386 (16.0)
1,022 (20.5)
366 (16.7)
385 (17.6)
C-reactive proteina-median mg/L (IQR)
103 (22-282)
112 (24-287)
107 (23-284)
179 (43-365)
108 (24-284)
157 (30-350)
ICU treatments
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mechanical ventilation
492 (45.9)
647 (48.5)
1,139 (47.3)
1,962 (39.3)
1,017 (46.4)
957 (43.7)
Renal replacement therapy
66 (6.2)
83 (6.2)
149 (6.2)
319 (6.4)
134 (6.1)
113 (5.2)
Treatment with inotropes/vasopressors 361 (33.6) 456 (34.2) 817 (33.9) 1,566 (31.4) 755 (34.4) 715 (32.6)

Results presented as number of patients (%) unless otherwise stated. aLaboratory data on day of ICU admission. bMissing data include both unmeasured and unavailable results.