Table 2.
Comparison of TnT levels between patients who responded to diuretic therapy versus patients who needed to increase diuretic dose.
| Furosemide maintenance or increase (n = 16) |
Furosemide decrease or oral administration (n = 84) |
P value Between groups |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| hsTnT (ng/mL) | |||
| Day 1 | 0,046 [0,033 to 0,087] | 0,032 [0,017 to 0,048] | 0,026 ∗ |
| Day 3 | 0,055 [0,032 to 0,072] | 0,028 [0,017 to 0,045] | 0,004 ∗ |
| ΔhsTnT | −0,0005 [−0,043 to 0,004] | −0,0010 [−0,020 to 0,002] | 0,51∗ |
| P value within group | P value within group | ||
| 0,955∗ | 0,025 ∗ |
Continuous variables are presented as median [interquartile range (IQR)], P value. ∗Nonparametric test.
hsTnT: high-sensitivity troponin T.