Table 5.

Outcomes of recipients distributed according to the levels of potential cardiac markers in donors.

Potential biomarker in donors	Outcomes of recipients
	ICU time		Hospitalization time		Moderate/high levels of noradrenaline (> 0.23 µg/kg/min)
	≤ 5 days (n=24)	> 5 days (n=15)	≤ 25 days (n=32)	> 25 days (n=10)	No (n=27)	Yes (n=16)
	P=0.014 *		P=0.679		P=0.108
sTNFR2 pg/mL	6218.47+2436.51 (5555.84)	5002.76+2002.69 (4469.48)	5952.36+434.11 (5313.87)	5594.06+2345.63 (4916.84)	6422.48+2342.89 (5537.89)	4913.71+2139.24 (4469.48)
	P=0.030 *		P=0.545		P=0.028 *
IL-6 pg/mL	239.84+250.16 (158.10)	117.97+141.61 (87.64)	209.78+205.96 (158.10)	129.61+237.87 (62.53)	254.65+238.06 (164.10)	80.41+80.04 (60.99)
	P=0.053		P=0.029 *		P=0.001 *
IL-10 pg/mL	243.61+273.32 (133.45)	111.45+173.68 (31.08)	234.50+258.01 (133.45)	64.93+99.15 (14.95)	251.61+267.89 (198.25)	101.27+137.26 (47.42)
	P=0.078		P=0.037 *		P=0.079
MCP1 µg/mL	83.37+70.47 (61.06)	64.53+69.43 (35.41)	82.89+71.06 (61.06)	70.73+67.34 (61.35)	91.85+68.56 (64.89)	57.41+65.71 (24.15)
	P=0.528		P=0.727		P=0.092

sTNFR=soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor; IL=interleukin; MCP=monocyte chemoattractant protein 1; CRP=C-reactive protein; cTnI=cardiac troponin I. Data presented as mean + standard deviation (median).

^*Mean values significantly different (P<0.05) according to Mann-Whitney test.