Table 2.

Receiver operating curve analysis for HF events

	MMP‐9, ng/mL	TIMP‐1, ng/mL	BNP, pg/mL	NA, ng/mL	TNF‐alpha, pg/mL	IL‐6, pg/mL	EF, %
AUC	0.63	0.62	0.75	0.64	0.60	0.62	0.76
Cut‐off	23.2	171.5	210.0	0.38	0.73	7.5	47.4
Sensitivity (%)	64.7	44.4	71.4	46.7	31.0	37.1	71.9
Specificity (%)	56.6	78.6	75.0	82.2	91.0	81.2	69.2

AUC, area under the curve; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; HF, heart failure; MMP, matrix metalloproteinase; NA, noradrenaline; TIMP, tissue inhibitor of MMP; TNF, tumor necrosis factor.