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Table 2 Demographic, clinical, and analytical data

From: Point-of-care capillary HbA1c measurement in the emergency department: a useful tool to detect unrecognized and uncontrolled diabetes

 

n = 187

Age, years (mean ± SD)

57.1 ± 19.2

Male, n (%)

101 (54)

Emergency room diagnosis, n (%)

 Neurological

  Stroke

6 (3.2)

  Epileptic seizure

2 (1.1)

  Headache

3 (1.6)

  Other

2 (1.1)

 Cardiorespiratory

  COPD

5 (2.7)

  Respiratory infection

16 (8.6)

  Asthma

2 (1.1)

  Chest pain

10 (5.3)

  Cardiac arrhythmia

14 (7.5)

  IHD

6 (3.2)

  CHF

12 (6.4)

  Other

9 (4.8)

 Gastrointestinal

  Biliary diseases

6 (3.2)

  GB

2 (1.1)

  Abdominal pain

17 (9.1)

  AGE

7 (3.7)

  Appendicitis

3 (1.6)

  Other

9 (4.8)

 Renal

  UTI

5 (2.7)

  Other

4 (2.2)

 Psychiatry

  Anxiety

2 (1.1)

  Other

5 (2.7)

 Gynaecology

3 (1.6)

 Musculoskeletal

15 (8)

 Other

28 (15)

Diabetes prevalence, n (%)

 Prior known DM

32 (17.1)

 Prior undiagnosed DM

10 (5.4)

 Unknown DM

11 (5.9)

 Total estimated DM

51 (28.5)

Capillary blood glucose in ED (mean + SD), mg/dL

114.8 ± 44.9

Laboratory blood glucose (mean + SD), mg/dL

117.3 ± 42.1

Capillary HbA1c in ED (mean + SD), % units

5.78 ± 1.26

Laboratory HbA1c (mean ± SD), % units

6.10 ± 1.12

  1. IHD ischaemic heart disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, AGE acute gastroenteritis, GB gastrointestinal bleeding, CHF chronic heart failure, UTI urinary tract infection, SD standard deviation, HbA1c glycated haemoglobin