Table 1.
Baseline characteristics
| Admission data | q1 (N = 251) |
q2 (N = 251) |
q3 (N = 251) |
q4 (N = 251) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 58 ± 18 | 67 ± 13 | 60 ± 17 | 58 + 18 | <0.0001 |
| Gender (% of males) | 60 % | 62.3 % | 61.6 % | 67.33 % | 0.43 |
| Type of admission (%) | |||||
| Medical | 43.9 % | 25.2 % | 53.2 % | 43.0 % | <0.0001 |
| Scheduled surgery | 32.9 % | 64.0 % | 21.0 % | 15.1 % | <0.0001 |
| Emergency surgery | 12.6 % | 10.4 % | 17.7 % | 29.9 % | <0.0001 |
| Trauma | 12.6 % | 0.0 % | 8.1 % | 12.0 % | <0.0001 |
| Admission APACHE II score (mean ± SD) | 16.2 ± 6.9 | 13.2 ± 5.8 | 17.4 ± 6.8 | 19.2 ± 7.3 | <0.0001 |
| SOFA score (mean ± SD) | 5.9 ± 4.0 | 4.8 ± 2.0 | 6.0 ± 2.8 | 6.9 ± 2.3 | <0.0001 |
| BMI (kg/m2) (%) | 0.11 | ||||
| <20 | 5.4 ± 1.4 | 2.5 ± 1.4 | 4.0 ± 1.4 | 6.9 ± 1.4 | |
| 20–25 | 28.4 ± 3.2 | 34.0 ± 3.0 | 28.2 ± 3.1 | 42.0 ± 3.1 | |
| 25–30 | 38.7 ± 3.3 | 37.7 ± 3.1 | 37.9 ± 3.2 | 35.9 ± 3.2 | |
| 30–35 | 20.7 ± 2.6 | 20.9 ± 2.5 | 20.7 ± 2.6 | 11.3 ± 2.5 | |
| 35–40 | 3.2 ± 1.3 | 4.1 ± 1.2 | 4.9 ± 1.3 | 3.0 ± 1.3 | |
| >40 | 3.6 ± 1.0 | 0.8 ± 1.0 | 4.4 ± 1.0 | 0.9 ± 1.0 | |
| Weight (kg) | 77 ± 17 | 77 ± 15 | 80 ± 18 | 72 ± 13 | |
| % of patients from glucontrol study | 0.92 | ||||
| Liberal glucose control group | 50.6 | 47.6 | 49.4 | 49.8 | |
| Tight glucose control group | 49.4 | 52.3 | 51.6 | 51.2 | |
BMI body mass index