Table 1 Characteristics of pneumonia patients admitted to general medical floors

From: Fasting hyperglycemia upon hospital admission is associated with higher pneumonia complication rates among the elderly

		Admission glucose level (%)
		Normal ≤100 mg/dl N = 56		Mild 101-125 mg/dl N = 51		Severe >126 mg/dl N = 44		Known diabetic N = 37
Group		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Average Age (se)	50.5 (10.8)	-	46.7(13.5)	-	51 (10)	10.0	46.2 (10.4)	-
18-64	Gender
	Male	30	53.6	30	58.8	21	47.7	24	64.9
	Female	26	46.4	21	41.2	23	52.3	13	35.1
	History of COPD*	4	7.3	6	11.8	^¶¶¶ 18	40.9	7	18.9
	Heart Failure	8	14.3	^¶ 1	2.0	2	4.6	2	5.4
	Liver disease	6	10.7	2	3.9	3	6.8	4	10.8
	Cancer	5	8.9	3	5.9	4	9.1	2	5.4
	Chronic renal disease	10	17.9	4	7.8	3	6.8	9	24.3
	Mean PSI ^†	61.4 (se 4.1)		61.6 (se 4.1)		61.3 (se 4.4)		74.4 (se 4.2)
		N = 69		N = 68		N = 99		N = 77
		n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Average Age (se)	78.2 (7.3)		80.9 (9.1)		80.6(8.6)		80.0 (7.4)
65 and Above	Gender
	Male	36	52.2	^¶ 24	35.8	48	48.5	43	55.8
	Female	33	47.8	43	64.2	51	51.5	34	44.2
	Living arrangement
	Community	54	78.3	53	77.9	73	73.7	58	75.3
	Nursing home	15	21.7	5	22.1	26	26.3	19	24.7
	History of COPD ^†	19	27.5	19	28.0	30	30.6	14	18.2
	Heart Failure	18	26.1	10	14.7	^¶ 13	13.1	22	28.6
	Liver disease	1	1.5	3	4.4	4	4.0	2	2.6
	Cancer	6	8.7	7	10.5	12	12.1	10	13.0
	Chronic renal disease	24	34.8	17	25.0	22	22.2	19	24.7
	PSI (mean se) *	107.8 (se = 4.5)		102.1 (se = 3.5)		108.4 (se = 3.4)		112.4 (se = 3.1)

^†COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
*Pneumonia Severity Index (mean and standard error), t-test compares each group with the normal group (admission glucose ≤99 mg/dl), *p ≤ 0.05
^¶χ² tests compares each group with the normal group (admission glucose ≤99 mg/dl) ^¶0.01<p ≤ 0.05, ^¶¶0.001≤p ≤ 0.01, ^¶¶¶p ≤ 0.001
Note: Highlighted values were statistically different from the normal group; all others were not statistically significant

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