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. 2010 Apr;18(4):190–196. doi: 10.1007/BF03091760

Table 3.

Neurohormone levels in patients with and without diabetes in survivors and non-survivors.

Diabetes No diabetes Diabetes vs. no diabetes
Survivors Non-survivors P value Survivors Non-survivors P value Survivors Non-survivors
Number of patients 30 51 146 144 P value P value
Noradrenaline (pg/ml) 412 (240-544) 582 (436-737) 0.002 444 (315-639) 578 (415-754) 0.000 0.21 0.90
Adrenaline (pg/ml) 36 (23-59) 33 (19-70) 0.88 35 (26-54) 48 (30-79) 0.002 0.64 0.035
Dopamine (pg/ml) 17 (12-28) 23 (16-39) 0.62 17 (11-30) 22 (15-40) 0.001 0.22 0.94
Aldosterone (pg/ml) 93 (49-222) 93 (71-197) 0.61 100 (55-189) 139 (80-275) 0.002 0.71 0.056
Renin (μU/ml) 83 (32-239) 60 (23-229) 0.32 64 (31-128) 130 (53-327) <0.001 0.34 0.002
Endothelin (pg/ml) 4.1 (3.5-12.1) 5.1 (3.0-8.5) 0.78 4.7 (3.1-10.8) 6.2 (4.3-15.9) 0.005 0.97 0.014
ANP (pmol/l) 90 (52-135) 107 (83-218) 0.019 79 (46-137) 131 (89-204) <0.001 0.72 0.75
N-terminal (pro)ANP (pmol/l) 812 (558-1165) 1339 (932-2103) 0.000 754 (462-1140) 1340 (950-2287) <0.001 0.86 0.68
BNP (pmol/l) 50 (17-102) 119 (74-164) 0.001 27 (11-72) 81 (38-142) <0.001 0.28 0.062
N-terminal (pro)BNP (pmol/l) 435 (234-827) 811 (549-1991) 0.001 327 (156-714) 774 (509-1880) <0.001 0.26 0.560

Data are median (IQR) unless otherwise indicated.