Table 4.

Risk of developing ventricular tachycardia (VT) during hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction according to hospital admission serum glucose levels and history of diabetes

Serum glucose levels (mg/dl)	Diabetes previously diagnosed (+) % developing				Diabetes not previously diagnosed (−) % developing
	n	All episodes of VT	Early onset VT	Late onset VT	n	All episodes of VT	Early onset VT	Late onset VT
< 120	185	9.7	6.5	3.2	996	13.7	9.8	3.8
120–139	132	10.6	6.1	4.6	636	16.7	11.0	5.7
140–159	129	20.9	14.0	7.0	382	17.5	12.6	5.0
160–179	136	22.8	14.7	8.1	235	20.9	13.2	7.7
> 180	912	13.8	8.2	5.6	397	19.7	13.6	6.1