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Table 4 Selected indexes of diabetes severity and distribution of the predictive score in the testing population *

From: Identifying older diabetic patients at risk of poor glycemic control

 

Fasting plasma glucose at discharge

    
 

< 140

≥ 140

B

SE(B)

OR**

95% CI

Plasma glucose at the admission (mg/dl)

      

   <143

75 (55.6)

28 (21.7)

  

1.0

 

   143–218

41 (30.4)

48 (37.2)

1.16

0.31

3.19

1.73–5.89

   >218

19 (14.1)

53 (41.1)

2.05

0.35

7.76

3.89–15.5

Insulin or combined hypoglycemic therapy prior to admission

56 (41.5)

79 (61.2)

0.85

0.26

2.35

1.42–3.88

Score

      

0

23 (17.0)

4 (3.1)

  

1.0

 

1

14 (10.4)

5 (3.9)

0.73

0.76

2.08

0.46–9.28

2

23 (17.0)

7 (5.4)

0.65

0.70

1.91

0.48–7.55

3

16 (11.9)

8 (6.2)

1.19

0.70

3.29

0.83–13.0

4

5 (3.7)

7 (5.4)

2.13

0.81

8.45

1.74–41.1

5

30 (22.2)

33 (25.6)

1.92

0.60

6.81

2.09–22.2

6

3 (2.2)

7 (5.4)

2.80

0.90

16.5

2.84–95.6

7

9 (6.7)

25 (19.4)

2.92

0.68

18.5

4.92–69.9

≥ 8

12 (8.9)

33 (25.6)

2.93

0.65

18.8

5.26–67.2

  1. * See the text, section "Results", for the method of computing the predictive score. **Adjusted for age and gender. Data in columns 2 and 3 are numbers (percentage).