Table 3.

Cardiac troponin-T concentration as a predictor of left ventricular abnormalities on echocardiography at 5 years after treatment completion

	Troponin T >0·01 ng/mL (abnormal)		Troponin T ≤0·01 ng/mL (normal)		p value †
	Mean Z score (95% CI)	p value*	Mean Z score (95% CI)	p value*
Fractional shortening	−0·88 (−1·35 to −0·41)	0·0003	−0·63 (−1·12 to −0·14)	0·01	0·47
Mass	−1·26 (−1·61 to −0·91)	<0·0001	−0·60 (−0·99 to −0·21)	0·0029	0·02
End-diastolic dimension	−0·11 (−0·40 to 0·18)	0·49	−0·08 (−0·53 to 0·37)	0·74	0·92
End-systolic dimension	0·39 (0·04 to 0·74)	0·04	0·20 (−0·27 to 0·67)	0·40	0·54
End-diastolic posterior wall thickness	−1·33 (−1·68 to −0·98)	<0·0001	−0·60 (−0·99 to −0·21)	0·0044	0·005
End-diastolic thickness-to-dimension ratio	−1·16 (−1·55 to −0·77)	<0·0001	−0·32 (−0·75 to 0·11)	0·15	0·0035

^*p value for the difference from zero.

^†p value for the difference between concentration groups.