Annals of Intensive Care

Table 5 Increasing cohort and per-patient median insulin sensitivity over time (6-hr blocks)

From: Variability of insulin sensitivity during the first 4 days of critical illness: implications for tight glycemic control

Level analysis	Cohort analysis		Per-patient analysis
Level analysis	% Increase at median	p value	% Increase at median	p value
Block 1–2 (0–6 vs. 6–12 hr)	42	<0.0001	40	0.0007
Block 2–3 (6–12 vs. 12–18 hr)	28	<0.0001	26	0.0123
Block 3–4 (12–18 vs. 18–24 hr)	1	0.0335	3	0.4829
Block 4–5 (18–24 vs. 24–48 hr)	9	0.0452	7	0.3776

P values calculated using Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

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