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

Table 2 Hypo and hyperglycaemic states in patients treated with conventional insulin or insulin-infused protocol

	Total	Conventional insulin treatment	Infusion insulin treatment	P value
	n = 44	n = 23	n = 21
% Patients with glycaemic values > 11.1 mmol/L (at least one determination)	100.0	100.0	100.0	-
% Patients with glycaemic values 7.77-11.1 mmol/L (at least one determination)	100.0	100.0	100.0	-
% Patients with glycaemic values 5.55-7.72 mmol/L (at least one determination)	90.9	95.7	85.7	0.335
% Patients with glycaemic values < 5.55 mmol/L (at least one determination)	45.5	39.1	52.4	0.378
% Patients with severe hypoglycaemia (i.e., glucose < 2.77 mmol/L)	6.8	0.0	14.3	0.100
% Patients with more than 5 glycaemic values > 13.88 mmol/L	22.7	21.7	23.8	0.870
% Patients with more than two glycaemic values > 16.66 mmol/L	13.6	8.7	19.1	0.403
Average number of glycaemic values evaluated	30.8 ± 12.5	23.4 ± 9.0	31.0 ± 10.8	P < 0.001
Number of glycaemic values evaluated	1356 (6; 56)o	538 (6; 38)	818 (12; 56)

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