Table 3. Studies using ST-2 for cardiovascular risk stratification.
Studies | n | Endpoint | Thresholds | Hazard ratio |
ACS[138] | 373 | All-cause mortality | 5–538 pg/mL,539–3618 pg/mL | 2.1,2.2 |
NSTE-ACS[145] | 4432 | Cardiovascular death, HF, MI, recurrent ischemia | < 35 ng/mL, ≥ 35 ng/mL | 2.08,1.19 |
MERLIN-TIMI 36 Trial[143] | 6560 | Cardiovascular death, HF | > 35 µg/L | 1.9 |
STEMI[137] | 677 | All-cause mortality at 30 days and 1 year | Median | 9.34,3.15 |
LURIC study[141] | 1345 | All-cause mortality | > 24.6 ng/mL | 1.39 |
AHF[146] | 107 | All-cause mortality | > 65 ng/mL | 1.09 |
AHF[147] | 5306 | All-cause mortality | Median | 10.3 |
CHF[148] | 876 | All-cause and cardiovascular mortality | Quartile (< 30.9 ng/mL, 31−38.3 ng/mL, 38.4−51.1 ng/mL, > 51.1 ng/mL) | 1.45,1.55 |
ACS: acute coronary syndrome; AHF: acute heart failure; CHF: chronic heart failure; HF: heart failure; NSTE-ACS: non-ST-segment-elevation-acute coronary syndrome; STEMI: ST-segment–elevation myocardial infarction.