Table 1.

Demographic Information and Patient Characteristics for 70 Patients With 12-24 Consecutive Glucose Values Recorded After Cardiovascular Surgery During Each Study Period.

	Period 1 (June-November 2012)	Period 2 (August 2013-February 2014)	P value
Age (years), median (IQR) [overall range]	70 (61, 76) [28-92]	67 (57, 75) [29-86]	.16
Gender	39 male, 31 female	42 male, 28 female	.61
Diabetes status	35 ND, 35 T2DM	35 ND, 35 T2DM	N/A
Number of glucose measurements, median (IQR)	22 (18, 24)	21 (18, 24)	.19

IQR, interquartile range; N/A, not applicable; ND, no diagnosis of diabetes mellitus; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus.