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. 2012 Feb;33(1):3–11.

Table 1.

Comparison of H-FABP with myoglobin and troponin in the early diagnosis of MI.

Author and year of publication N Final diagnosis MI (%) H-FABP assay Troponin assay Area under the ROC (final diagnosis of MI)

Myoglobin H-FABP Troponin FABP + Tn
Ishii et al. 199736 165 60 In-house 0.78 0.90 - -
Glatz et al. 199737 312 54 In-house 0.82 0.90 - -
Haastrup et al. 200038 130 16 In-house 0.84 0.89 - -
Okamoto et al. 200039 189 74 In-house 0.84 0.92 - -
Ghani et al. 200040 460 21 In-house Bayer Immuno 1 TnI 0.73 0.80 0.91 -
Nakata et al. 200341 133 44 Dainippon Roche TnT 0.86 0.91 0.84 -
Seino et al. 200342 371 49 Dainippon 0.76 0.79 - -
Alansari et al. 200443 302 42 Hycult Bayer Advia centaur 0.74 0.64 0.80 -
McMahon et al. 201029 1128 10.4 Randox Roche TnT 0.72 0.84 0.76 0.87
(0–3 h) (0–3 h) (0–3 h) (0–3 h)
0.85 0.89 0.85 0.92
(3–6 h) (3–6 h) (3–6 h) (3–6 h)
Kim et al. 201127 170 45 Cardiodetect Siemens Dimension TnI 0.78 0.83 0.86 0.90
Body et al. 201128 705 18.3 In-house (Alere, San Diego) In-house (Alere, San Diego) 0.79 0.86 0.70 -