Table 2.

Postoperative outcomes by elevated and non-elevated HbA1c levels

Outcome	Alc > 7 N = 10,641, %	A1c ≤ 7 N = 34,173, %	p value
Composite morbidity/mortality	2.8	2.1	< .001
30-day mortality	0.1	0.1	0.902
On Ventilator > 48 h	0	0	0.264
Unplanned Intubation	0.3	0.1	< .001
Intervention within 30 days	1.2	1.1	0.384
Pneumonia	0	0	0.011
Pulmonary embolism	0.1	0.1	0.845
Myocardial infarction	0	0	0.361
Cerebrovascular accident	0.1	0	0.295
Cardiac arrest requiring CPR	0.1	0.1	0.150
progressive renal insufficiency	0.1	0.1	0.376
Vein thrombosis requiring treatment	0.1	0.2	0.561
Superficial surgical site infection	0.6	0.4	< 0.001
Deep surgical site infection	0.1	0	0.213
Organ space surgical site infection	0.3	0.2	0.3534
Post-op Pneumonia	0.3	0.1	< 0.001
Post-op septic shock	0.1	0.1	0.026
Post-op Sepsis	0.2	0.1	0.001