Figure 1.

Distribution pattern of copeptin in patients with chest pain admitted to the emergency department (n = 171) according to discharge diagnosis. Our own unpublished data are shown as box plots. AMI patients were divided by delay from symptom onset. Copeptin concentrations in AMI patients presenting within 14 h from symptom onset were significantly (P = 0.013) higher than in the remaining patients, whereas AMI patients presenting thereafter did not differ significantly. Abbreviations—AMI: acute myocardial infarction.