Mortality in community-acquired pneumonia is related to admission blood glucose levels

Key clinical point: A positive association exists between blood glucose levels at hospital admission for community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) and 28-day mortality, and the strength of this association decreases with age.

Main finding: After adjusting for confounding factors, all patients exhibited a significant association between blood glucose levels at hospitalization and 28-day mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 2.08; P < .01). After age stratification, this association was evidenced in both middle-aged (HR 4.48; P < .01) and elderly (HR 1.52; P = .05) patients, but was stronger in the former (P = .01).

Study details: This was a retrospective observational study including 1,656 patients aged ≥45 years who were hospitalized for CAP, of which 592 were middle-aged (45-64 years) and 1,064 were elderly (>65 years).

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Disclosures: The authors declared no conflict of interests.

Source: Shen Y et al. Int J Gen Med. 2021;14:7775-7781 (Nov 6). Doi: 10.2147/IJGM.S331082.