Table 3.
Number of patients grouped by number of glucose-lowering medications administered at the time of hospital discharge and HbA1c-value (obtained ±90 days before hospital admission).
| Number of glucose-lowering medications | HbA1c | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <30 | 30–41 | 42–47 | 48–52 | 53–57 | 58–74 | 75+ | Total | |
| 0 | 42 (74%) | 976 (75%) | 847 (70%) | 482 (64%) | 326 (60%) | 518 (58%) | 223 (55%) | 3414 (66%) |
| 1 | 12 (21%) | 279 (21%) | 284 (23%) | 217 (29%) | 155 (29%) | 250 (28%) | 113 (28%) | 1310 (25%) |
| 2 | 2 (4%) | 43 (3%) | 75 (6%) | 50 (7%) | 55 (10%) | 103 (12%) | 60 (15%) | 388 (8%) |
| 3 | 0 (0%) | 5 (0%) | 8 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 7 (1%) | 19 (2%) | 8 (2%) | 54 (1%) |
| 4 | 1 (2%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (0%) | 1 (0%) | 6 (0%) |
| Total | 57 (100%) | 1304 (100%) | 1214 (100%) | 757 (100%) | 543 (100%) | 892 (100%) | 405 (100%) | 5172 (100%) |
HbA1c-values are divided into categories and displayed in mmol/mol.