关键词:
clinical outcomes
diabetic inpatients
pneumonia
stress hyperglycemia ratio
systemic inflammation
摘要:
BackgroundsStress hyperglycemia ratio (SHR) reflects the acute blood glucose change in response to acute illnesses or injuries, including pneumonia. We aimed to investigate the associations of SHR with systemic inflammation and clinical outcomes in diabetic inpatients with pneumonia on admission. MethodsA multicenter and retrospective study was conducted among diabetic inpatients with pneumonia on admission via electronic medical records from 2013 to 2019 in Ruijin Hospital, Shengjing Hospital, and China-Japan Friendship Hospital. ResultsThe study included 1631 diabetic inpatients with pneumonia on admission. Patients of the fourth quartile (Q4) of SHR on admission showed significantly elevated systemic inflammation compared with those of the first quartile (Q1), second quartile (Q2), or third quartile (Q3) of SHR, including more white blood cells (9.1 x 10(9)/L in Q4 vs 7.6 x 10(9)/L in Q1, 7.9 x 10(9)/L in Q2, and 8.0 x 10(9)/L in Q3, p < .001), higher neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (7.0 in Q4 vs 3.6 in Q1, 3.8 in Q2, and 4.0 in Q3, p < .001), higher C-reactive protein (52.8 mg/L in Q4 vs 18.9 mg/L in Q1, p < .001;52.8 mg/L in Q4 vs 28.6 mg/L in Q2, p = .002), higher procalcitonin (0.22 ng/mL in Q4 vs 0.10 ng/mL in Q1, 0.09 ng/mL in Q2, and 0.11 ng/mL in Q3, p < .001), and higher D-dimer (0.67 mg/L in Q4 vs 0.47 mg/L in Q1, 0.50 mg/L in Q2, and 0.47 mg/L in Q3, p < .001). Excluding patients with hypoglycemia on admission in the analyses, there were still distinct J-shaped associations between SHR and adverse clinical outcomes in patients with different severity of pneumonia, especially in those with CURB-65 score for pneumonia severity (Confusion, blood Urea nitrogen, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure) >= 2. In the multivariable regression model, predictive value for adverse clinical outcomes was higher when SHR was taken as a spline term than as quartiles in all patients (area under curve 0.831 vs 0.822, p = .040), and when SHR as a spline term instead of fasting