Table 1 Patient characteristics

	Any insulin treatment in hospital n = 872		No treatment n = 1770		Treatment strategy not recorded n = 1058
Age, years	72	60–80	76	66–83	73	62–82
Male gender %	60.2	524/871	55.6	982/1766	60	634/1056
ST elevation infarction %	58.4	509/872	42.8	758/1770	46.5	492/1058
Length of stay, days.	6.5	4.2–10.6	6.2	3.7–11.4	6.8	4.0–12.0
Admission glucose, mmol/l*	14.8	12.3–18.6	12.9	11.7–14.9	13.0	12.0–16.0
Admission total cholesterol, mmol/l	5.3	4.4–6.3	5.0	4.1–6.0	5.2	4.2–6.3
Heart rate at admission, beats/min	88	70–109	90	74–112	88	70–109
Systolic blood pressure, mm Hg	140	119–164	140	117–164	140	118–163
Current smoking habit %	33.1	275/832	25.2	401/1593	31	305/954

Unless stated in the table, data represent median values with interquartile ranges. Patients having oral medication or diet were excluded.
*Lower limit 11.0 mmol/l.