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. 2016 Jun 1;16:31. doi: 10.1186/s12902-016-0108-8

Table 2.

Clinical and demographic characteristics of non-diabetic patients with myocardial infarction according to blood glucose levels

Variable All non-diabetic patients Non-diabetic patients
Euglycemia Moderate hyperglycemia Severe hyperglycemia p
Number of patients, n (%) 421 183 (43.46) 141 (33.49) 97 (23.0)
Age, years 61.0 (53.0-72.0) 58.0(51.0-69.0) 61.0 (55.0-73.0) 69.0(61.0-76.0) P1–2 < 0.0001*
P1–3 < 0.0001*
Males, n (%) 300 (71.25) 143 (78.14) 98 (69.50) 59 (60.82) P1–2 = 0.05**
P1–3 = 0.001**
AH, n (%) 367 (87.17) 165 (90.16) 116 (82.26) 86 (88.65) P1–2 = 0.02**
Killip II – IV, n (%) 94(22.32) 22 (12.02) 28 (19.85) 44 (45.36) P1–2 = 0.03**
P1–3 < 0.0001**
P2–3 < 0.0001**
Time before admission, hour 3.1 (1.9; 6.6) 3.0 (1.8; 8.0) 3.1 (2.0; 6.2) 3.4 (2.0; 5.5) >0.05
Reperfusion, n (%) 250 (59.38) 102 (55.73) 88 (62.41) 60 (61.85) >0.05
Thrombolysis, n (%) 72 (17.10) 18 (9.83) 34 (24.11) 20 (20.61) P1–2 = 0.0005**
P1–3 = 0.01**
PCI, n (%) 213 (50.59) 93 (50.81) 69 (48.93) 51 (52.57) >0.05
Admission blood glucose, mol/L 7.20 (6.04-8.72) 5.90 (5.21-6.4) 7.80 (7.37-8.22) 10.60 (6.33-12.70) P1–3 = 0.003**
P2–3 = 0.001*

*Mann–Whitney test; **Fisher’s test