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Table 2 Postoperative adverse events and other outcomes

From: Postoperative tight glycemic control significantly reduces postoperative infection rates in patients undergoing surgery: a meta-analysis

  

TGC

CGC

Overall event rates (%)

M-H pooled RR

Heterogeneity

Events

Studies

N+(%)

Total

N+(%)

Total

RR/ SMD (95%CI)

p

I 2 (%)

p

Infection

[1, 15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]

231(9.4%)

2464

392(15.8%)

2488

12.6%

0.586(0.504, 0.680)

<  0.001

3.9

0.407

Sepsis

[1, 19, 20, 23, 25, 26]

48(2.7%)

1753

82(4.7%)

1763

3.7%

0.594(0.418, 0.842)

0.003

<  0.001

0.945

Pneumonia

[19, 20, 23,24,25,26]

22(2.0%)

1079

31(2.9%)

1078

2.5%

0.692(0.400, 1.196)

0.187

<  0.001

0.511

Urinary tract infection

[19, 20, 23, 25, 30]

36(3.6%)

988

43(4.4%)

980

4.0%

0.843(0.548, 1.297)

0.437

<  0.001

0.682

Wound infection

[19, 20, 22,23,24,25,26,27]

54(4.6%)

1186

86(7.2%)

1188

6.1%

0.620(0.422, 0.910)

0.015

18.8

0.287

Short-term mortality

[1, 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22, 24, 27]

85(3.8%)

2233

122(5.4%)

2259

4.6%

0.692(0.527, 0.909)

0.008

<  0.001

0.769

Any mortality

[1, 14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27]

159(6.3%)

2514

204(8.0%)

2539

7.2%

0.792(0.653, 0.960)

0.018

<  0.001

0.738

Neurological dysfunction

[14, 18, 22, 24, 26]

8(1.1%)

752

18(2.4%)

761

1.7%

0.499(0.219, 1.137)

0.098

<  0.001

0.651

Acute renal failure

[1, 22, 24, 26]

46(3.3%)

1413

78(5.4%)

1439

4.3%

0.610(0.359, 1.038)

0.068

16.0

0.312

Hypoglycemia

[1, 16,17,18,19,20, 22,23,24, 27]

467(22.3%)

2097

233(11.0%)

2118

16.6%

3.145(1.928, 5.131)

<  0.001

81.4

<  0.001

Severe hypoglycemia

[15, 16, 19,20,21, 24, 26]

34(2.8%)

1207

8(0.7%)

1210

1.7%

3.821(1.796, 8.127)

<  0.001

<  0.001

0.894

ICU stay

[1, 15, 16, 18, 23, 26, 27]

     

−0.428(−0.833, −0.022)

0.039

96.6

<  0.001

Mechanical ventilation

[1, 15, 16, 18, 23, 26, 27]

     

−0.275(−0.695,0.146)

0.201

96.9

<  0.001

LOS

[15, 16, 18,19,20, 26, 27]

     

−0.233(−0.496,0.030)

0.082

85.4

<  0.001

  1. N+ the number of patient with adverse event, Total the number of the total patients, RR relative risk, SMD standardised mean difference, LOS length of hospital stay