Table 3.
Positive troponin population data analysis by diagnostic groups.
| N | Type I MI | Other cardiovascular diagnoses | Noncardiovascular | Combined | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 89 | N = 277 | N = 438 | N = 804 | |||
| Age | 804 | 57 64 77 | 57 69 80 | 60 74 83 | 58 71 81 | <0.0011 |
| Sex | 804 | 0.382 | ||||
| Female | 40% (36) | 46% (128) | 48% (212) | 47% (376) | ||
| Male | 60% (53) | 54% (149) | 52% (226) | 53% (428) | ||
| First cTnI | 804 | 0.09 0.34 2.49 | 0.06 0.09 0.21 | 0.06 0.10 0.24 | 0.06 0.10 0.27 | <0.0011 |
| First cTnI (categorized) | 804 | <0.0012 | ||||
| Low | 26% (23) | 53% (148) | 48% (212) | 48% (383) | ||
| Medium | 36% (32) | 40% (111) | 45% (196) | 42% (339) | ||
| High | 38% (34) | 6% (18) | 7% (30) | 10% (82) | ||
| eGFR | 758 | 52 73 90 | 30 51 72 | 25 50 72 | 29 52 7 | <0.0011 |
| CKMB | 759 | 1.9 3.6 9.5 | 1.6 2.7 4.2 | 1.5 2.9 5.6 | 1.6 2.9 5.5 | 0.0031 |
| Creatinine | 758 | 0.80 1.00 1.26 | 0.90 1.30 2.00 | 0.98 1.30 2.35 | 0.90 1.24 2.04 | <0.0011 |
| MI | 804 | <0.0012 | ||||
| No | 0% (0) | 100% (277) | 100% (438) | 89% (715) | ||
| Yes | 100% (89) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 11% (89) | ||
| Urgent revascularization | 804 | <0.0012 | ||||
| No | 26% (23) | 100% (277) | 100% (438) | 92% (738) | ||
| Yes | 74% (66) | 0% (0) | 0% (0) | 8% (66) | ||
| Status | 804 | <0.0012 | ||||
| Alive | 94% (84) | 96% (267) | 84% (368) | 89% (719) | ||
| Died | 6% (5) | 4% (10) | 16% (70) | 11% (85) |
a b c represent the lower quartile a, the median b, and the upper quartile for continuous variables.
N is the number of nonmissing values.
Numbers after percents are frequencies.
Tests used: 1Kruskal-Wallis test; 2Pearson's test.