Table 3.

Hospitalization crude incidence rates (per 100 person-years) relative to biomarker levels.

Biomarker	Above cut-point	Below cut-point	P value
All-cause hospitalizations
hs-TnT	52	16	<0.001
NT-proBNP	52	23	<0.001
ST2	47	24	<0.001
CV-related hospitalizations
hs-TnT	28	7	<0.001
NT-proBNP	30	10	<0.001
ST2	25	13	<0.001
HF-related hospitalizations
hs-TnT	18	4	<0.001
NT-proBNP	19	6	<0.001
ST2	16	8	<0.001

Cut-points: hs-TnT, 14 ng/L; NT-proBNP, 1000 ng/L; ST2, 35 ng/mL.