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. 2015 Apr 8;7(6):464–471. doi: 10.14740/jocmr2143w

Table 4. Univariate Predictors of 1-Year Mortality in Patients With ACS and Non-ACS TnT Elevation.

ACS (n = 50)
Non-ACS-TnT elevation (n = 71)
Hazard ratio (95% CI) P-value Hazard ratio (95% CI) P-value
Age (years) 2.68 (1.34 - 5.36) 0.005 1.66 (0.86 - 3.22) 0.13
Male gender 0.19 (0.04 - 0.90) 0.03 3.5 (0.77 - 16.0) 0.10
Diabetes 1.00(0.21 - 4.82) 0.99 0.67 (0.18 - 2.50) 0.56
Hypertension 0.36 (0.09 - 1.43) 0.15 0.32 (0.10 - 1.07) 0.06
Previous AMI 11.1 (1.4 - 89.3) 0.02 1.03 (0.33 - 3.21) 0.95
CHF 8.4 (2.08 - 34.2) 0.003 2.12 (0.64 - 7.05) 0.22
Current smoking * 0.99 1.94 (0.53 - 7.19) 0.32
Ever smoking 0.25 (0.05 - 1.19) 0.08 0.66 (0.21 - 2.05) 0.47
eGFR 0.49 (0.29 - 0.82) 0.007 0.55 (0.31 - 0.96) 0.03
logCRP 2.5 (1.6 - 4.0) < 0.001 2.2 (1.3 - 3.8) 0.004
Max TnT 1.29 (1.08 - 1.54) 0.005 0.51 (0.03 - 9.5) 0.66
Abs increase 1.24 (0.92 - 1.67) 0.15 0.08 (0.00 - 87) 0.49
Abs decrease 0.81 (0.64 - 1.04) 0.09 0.60 (0.08 - 4.6) 0.62
Chief complaint
  Chest pain 2.7 (0.61 - 12.0) 0.18 0.19 (0.04 - 0.82) 0.03
  Dyspnea * 0.99 3.5 (1.4 - 8.7) 0.01
  Arrhythmia 0.97(0.13 - 7.3) 0.97 0.3 (0.05 - 2.6) 0.29
  Other 2.6 (0.3 - 19.7) 0.36 1.6 (0.6 - 4.4) 0.31
Cause
  Renal failure 3.8 (1.1 - 13.0) 0.04
  Structural heart disease 1.4 (0.6 - 3.6) 0.44
  Arrhythmia 0.7 (0.2 - 2.5) 0.60
  Respiratory disease 1.2 (0.4 - 3.6) 0.75
  Infection 2.1 (0.8 - 6.0) 0.15

Hazard ratios (HR) apply for an SD increase in continuous variables and for yes compared to no for all categorical variables. *Non-significant, HR and CI.