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Table 5 Association of hemoglobin A1c and glycemia with incidence and grade of sternal wound complications

From: Hemoglobin A1c and preoperative glycemia as a decision tool to help minimise sternal wound complications: a retrospective study in OPCAB patients

Variable

 

All (n = 1774)

Non-diabetes (n = 1316)

Diabetes (n = 458)

Incidence

P

Grade

P

Incidence

P

Grade

P

Incidence

P

Grade

P

HbA1c (%)a

Non-adjusted

1.28 (1.09;1.50)

0.003

1.29 (1.10;1.50)

0.002

1.00 (0.47;2.13)

0.992

1.01 (0.48;2.11)

0.979

1.25 (1.04;1.49)

0.018

1.249 (1.05;1.49)

0.014

 

Adjustedb

1.24 (1.04;1.48)

0.016

1.25 (1.06;1.48)

0.010

0.85 (0.24;2.98)

0.794

0.91 (0.30;2.80)

0.875

1.22 (1.00;1.49)

0.054

1.23 (1.01;1.48)

0.035

Glycemia (mg/dL)

Non-adjusted

1.43 (0.94;2.16)

0.093

1.449 (0.96;2.19)

0.077

0.82 (0.37;1.82)

0.630

0.85 (0.39;1.86)

0.683

1.20 (0.67;2.14)

0.539

1.16 (0.65;2.07)

0.607

 

Adjustedb

1.51 (0.95;2.42)

0.082

1.49 (0.94;2.37)

0.089

0.98 (0.39;2.50)

0.972

1.03 (0.41;2.58)

0.950

1.15 (0.60;2.19)

0.673

1.09 (0.58;2.05)

0.800

  1. adata from 458 diabetes patients and 129 non-diabetes patients, for a total of 587 patients who had HbA1c values available
  2. badjusted for gender, BMI, and rate of BIMA use
  3. P < 0.05 was considered significant