Table 2.
Cox proportional hazard ratios for the association of troponin I level with all-cause and cardiac-specific mortality
| |
All-cause mortality |
Cardiac-specific mortality |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
Unadjusted |
Adjusted |
| HR (95% CI) | HR (95% CI) | HR (95% CI) | HR (95% CI) | |
| TnI ≥0.06 |
2.83 (1.49-5.37)* |
2.57 (1.30-5.09)* |
4.04 (1.46-11.2)* |
3.14 (1.07-9.20)* |
| Age (per year) |
1.01 (0.99-1.04) |
1.01 (0.99-1.04) |
1.00 (0.97-1.04) |
1.00 (0.96-1.04) |
| Months on dialysis |
0.99 (0.91-1.08) |
1.01 (0.93-1.10) |
1.01 (0.90-1.14) |
1.07 (0.95-1.20) |
| CAD history |
1.70 (0.90-3.23)† |
1.60 (0.84-3.07) |
1.85 (0.67-5.09) |
1.71 (0.61-4.82) |
| Diabetes mellitus |
2.14 (1.12-4.08)* |
1.77 (0.89-3.51)† |
4.40 (1.40-13.8)* |
4.33 (1.22-15.3)* |
| CRP (per natural log) | 1.40 (1.11-1.70)* | 1.37 (1.07-1.75)* | 1.27 (0.88-1.82) | 1.20 (0.82-1.76) |
TnI, Troponin I; CAD, Coronary artery disease; CRP, CRP.
Adjusted model includes all covariates listed in the table.
*p ≤ 0.05; †p ≤ 0.10.