Skip to main content
. 2023 Feb 13;14:1097139. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2023.1097139

Table 2.

Perioperative glucose measurements and insulin regimens in patients underwent total pancreatectomy.

Characteristics Total NDG With pre-op DM P value
SDG LDG
N, n (%) 93 (100) 41 (44.1) 22 (23.7) 30 (32.3)
Preoperative glycemic status
 Age at operation (years), mean ± SD 59.9 ± 10.8 57.8 ± 11.2c 59.5 ± 12.6 62.9 ± 8.1a 0.145
 BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD 22.06 ± 3.13 21.70 ± 2.79 21.27 ± 2.82c 23.13 ± 3.57b 0.063
 DM duration (months), median (IQR) 36 (6, 60) NA 5 (1, 12)c 60 (36, 120)b < 0.001
 Family history of DM, n (%) 18 (19.4) 1 (2.4)c 3 (13.6)c 14 (46.7)ab < 0.001
 FBG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 7.02 ± 2.16 5.72 ± 0.81bc 7.91 ± 2.54a 7.93 ± 2.21a < 0.001
 2-h PBG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 12.67 ± 5.07 5.30 ± 0.42bc 15.87 ± 5.78ac 11.55 ± 3.63ab < 0.001
 HbA1c (%), mean ± SD 7.24 ± 1.72 5.48 ± 0.77bc 8.09 ± 1.95ac 6.95 ± 1.15ab 0.007
 Antidiabetic medications, n (%) 43 (46.2) 14 (63.6)c 29 (96.7)b 0.003
 Oral agents only, n (%) 23 (24.7) 7 (31.8) 16 (53.3) 0.162
 Insulin-containing regimes, n (%) 20 (21.5) 7 (31.8) 13 (43.3) 0.565
  Daily insulin dose (units/kg/day), mean ± SD 0.53 ± 0.28 0.42 ± 0.24 0.59 ± 0.29 0.224
 CAD, n (%) 7 (7.5) 2 (4.9) 0 5 (16.7) 0.056
 Stroke, n (%) 4 (4.3) 0 1 (4.5) 3 (10.0) 0.080
 DKD, n (%) 0 0
 DR, n (%) 0 0
Postoperative hospitalized glucose measurement
 Mean BG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 10.99 ± 1.13 10.96 ± 1.06 11.23 ± 1.09 10.86 ± 1.25 0.497
 Maximum BG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 21.75 ± 3.19 21.80 ± 3.08 21.68 ± 2.90 21.72 ± 3.63 0.989
 Minimum BG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 4.25 ± 1.11 4.02 ± 1.06 4.68 ± 1.29 4.22 ± 0.96 0.077
 6 am BG (mmol/L), mean ± SD 10.87 ± 1.97 10.62 ± 1.73 11.50 ± 2.43 10.74 ± 1.88 0.218
 CV (%), mean ± SD 31.54 ± 5.42 32.50 ± 4.94 30.31 ± 5.10 31.13 ± 6.19 0.281
 Within the target range (4.4-10 mmol/L), n (%) 2698 (43.3) 1211 (43.0) 569 (41.4) 918 (45.1) 0.101
 Hyperglycemic events
 10.1-13.9 mmol/L, n (%) 1976 (31.7) 894 (31.8) 450 (32.8) 632 (31.0) 0.560
 14.0-16.7 mmol/L, n (%) 775 (12.5) 358 (12.7) 180 (13.1) 237 (11.6) 0.367
 > 16.7 mmol/L, n (%) 610 (9.8) 270 (9.6) 147 (10.7) 193 (9.5) 0.437
 Hypoglycemic events
 3-3.8 mmol/L, n (%) 83 (1.3) 42 (1.5) 14 (1.0) 27 (1.3) 0.473
 < 3 mmol/L, n (%) 10 (0.2) 7 (0.2) 0 3 (0.1) 0.156
 Patients with hypoglycemic events, n of patients/total n (%) 42/93 (45.2) 21/41 (51.2) 9/22 (40.9) 12/30 (40.0) 0.620
 3-3.8 mmol/L, n of patients/total n (%) 38/93 (40.9) 19/41 (46.3) 9/22 (40.9) 10/30 (33.3) 0.547
 < 3 mmol/L, n of patients/total n (%) 8/93 (8.6) 5/41 (12.2) 0 3/30 (10.0) 0.311
Postoperative insulin regimen
 Parenteral nutrition
 Daily insulin dose (units/kg/day), mean ± SD 1.20 ± 0.47 1.07 ± 0.40c 1.13 ± 0.34c 1.45 ± 0.56ab 0.012
 Daily insulin dose (units/day), mean ± SD 69.03 ± 32.53 60.33 ± 27.55c 63.32 ± 23.74c 85.09 ± 38.79ab 0.003
 Insulin dose per 10g carbohydrate (units), mean ± SD 5.70 ± 2.56 5.11 ± 2.02c 4.93 ± 1.80c 7.10 ± 3.15ab 0.008
 Enteral nutrition
 Daily insulin dose (units/kg/day), mean ± SD 0.36 ± 0.13 0.35 ± 0.16 0.34 ± 0.11 0.40 ± 0.11 0.267
 Daily insulin dose (units/day), mean ± SD 21.19 ± 8.98 20.30 ± 9.90 18.77 ± 7.22 24.05 ± 8.37 0.107
 1-month post-op
 Daily insulin dose (units/kg/day), mean ± SD 0.38 ± 0.12 0.36 ± 0.11c 0.35 ± 0.12c 0.42 ± 0.12ab 0.031
 Daily insulin dose (units/day), mean ± SD 21.42 ± 8.01 20.22 ± 7.96c 18.89 ± 6.98c 24.91 ± 7.82ab 0.011
 Basal percentage (%), median (IQR) 40.0 (32.1, 48.7) 40.0 (29.4, 47.7) 40.0 (33.3, 62.9) 36.1 (30.8, 44.7) 0.573

pre-op, preoperative; DM, diabetes mellitus; NDG, nondiabetic group; SDG, short-duration diabetic group; LDG, long-duration diabetic group; BMI, body mass index; FBG, fasting blood glucose; PBG, postprandial blood glucose; HbA1c, glycosylated hemoglobin A1c; CAD, coronary artery disease; DKD, diabetic kidney disease; DR, diabetic retinopathy; BG, blood glucose; CV, coefficient of variation; post-op, postoperation.

aP < 0.05 vs NDG. bP < 0.05 vs SDG. cP < 0.05 vs LDG.

P values < 0.05 were shown in bold.