Conventional insulin vs insulin infusion therapy in acute coronary syndrome diabetic patients

Table 1 Main clinical characteristics of study population

	Total	Convenzional insulin treatment	Infusion insulin treatment	P value
	n = 44	n = 23	n = 21
Gender (M)	72.7	69.6	76.2	0.622
Age (yr)	68.2 ± 11.5	69.6 ± 12.0	66.6 ± 11.0	0.397
BMI	29 (26; 31)o	28 (26; 32)	29 (26; 30)	0.867
Urea mg/dL	46.7 ± 20.7	46.3 ± 15.5	47.2 ± 25.6	0.880
Creatinine mg/dL	1.0 ± 0.3	1.0 ± 0.4	1.0 ± 0.2	0.341
Basal glycated haemoglobin (%)	8.3 ± 1.8	8.1 ± 1.8	8.5 ± 1.9	0.459
First fasting glycaemia (mmol/L)	9.1 (7.4; 12.1)	9.4 (8.3; 10.9)	8.8 (6.9; 12.3)	0.435
Admission glycaemia (mmol/L)	12.0 (10.3; 13.8)	11.4 (10.0; 13.2)	13.0 (10.8; 17.1)	0.205
Glycated haemoglobin after 3 mo from discharge (%)	8.1 ± 1.0	8.0 ± 1.1	8.3 ± 0.6	0.575
% Patients with new diagnosis of diabetes	13.6	13	14.3	1.000
% Patients under insulin treatment before admittance	26.3	26.3	26.3	1.000
% Patients with previous AMI	18.8	17.7	20.0	1.000
Lenght of in-hospital stay (d)	8 (7; 10)	8 (7; 10)	9 (7; 12)	0.368
% Patients with STEMI	45.5	34.8	57.1	0.137
% Patients with non-STEMI	47.7	56.5	38.1	0.222
% oPatients with in-hospital major complications1	18.2	8.7	28.6	0.088
% Diabetic patients under dietetic treatment only	15.9	8.7	23.8	0.232
% Diabetic patients under oral antidiabetic drugs	45.5	52.2	38.1	0.382
% Patients under insulin treatment1	20.5	21.7	19.1	1.000

^oInterquartile ranges (25^th; 75^th percentile) values reported in brackets;

¹Major complications include re-infarction, malignant arrhythmias, death. M: Males; BMI: Body mass index; AMI: Acute myocardial infarction; STEMI: ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction.