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Published in final edited form as: Endocr Pract. 2018 Jun;24(6):556–564. doi: 10.4158/EP-2018-0036

Table 2.

Changes in HbA1c and Glucose After Hospital Discharge

	Hospital discharge	3 Months	6 Months
All patients HbA1c%	8.7 ± 2.3	7.3 ± 1.5^a	7.3 ± 1.7^a
HbA1c <7%	6.3 ± 0.5	6.3 ± 0.8	6.2 ± 1.0^b
HbA1c 7–9%	8.0 ± 0.6	7.3 ± 1.1^a	7.3 ± 1.3^a
HbA1c >9%	11.3 ± 1.7	8.0 ± 1.8^a	8.0 ± 2.0^a

Mean daily BG (mg/dL)
All patients	216 ±108	142±34^a	144±39^a

Mean fasting BG (mg/dL)
All patients	142 ± 39	134±33^b	133±40^c
HbA1c <7%	126 ± 28	122 ± 24	122 ± 37
HbA1c 7–9%	145 ± 39	141 ± 35	140 ± 38
HbA1c >9%	147 ± 41	135±33^c	134±42^c

Abbreviations: BG = blood glucose; HbA1c = hemoglobin A1c.

^a

* P<.001 vs. HbA1c at hospital discharge

^b

† P ≤05 vs. HbA1c at hospital discharge

^c

§ P = .01 vs. HbA1c at hospital discharge