Table 2.

Hazards ratios (HR) for all-cause death and cardiovascular outcomes in relation to quartiles of high-sensitive cardiac troponin I in the whole cohort

	HR (95% CI), adjusted^a	HR (95% CI), adjusted^b
All-cause death
Quartile 1	Referent	Referent
Quartile 2	1.41 (1.22–1.63)^**	1.40 (1.20–1.62)^**
Quartile 3	1.62 (1.41–1.87)^**	1.55 (1.33–1.79)^**
Quartile 4	2.31 (2.01–2.67)^**	2.07 (1.78–2.40)^**
Incidence of cardiovascular diseases
Quartile 1	Referent	Referent
Quartile 2	1.44 (1.18–1.77)^**	1.32 (1.07–1.61)
Quartile 3	1.99 (1.63–2.43)^**	1.66 (1.35–2.04)^**
Quartile 4	2.52 (2.04–3.11)^**	2.05 (1.65–2.56)^**
Incidence of coronary heart disease
Quartile 1	Referent	Referent
Quartile 2	1.50 (1.18–1.90)^**	1.34 (1.05–1.71)^*
Quartile 3	2.17 (1.72–2.74)^**	1.76 (1.38–2.24)^**
Quartile 4	2.8 (2.20–3.60)^**	2.22 (1.72–2.87)^**

Values were calculated with the use of multivariable Cox regression analysis

Data were adjusted for:

age, sex;

age, sex, diabetes, BMI, hypertension medication, systolic blood pressure, smoking, log CRP, log creatinine, cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, log triglycerides, statins medication

p<0.05;

^**

p<0.001

Values for high-sensitive cardiac troponin I. Quartile 1; (1.2–4.4 ng/L); Quartile 2; (4.5–6.3 ng/L); Quartile 3; (6.4–10.5 ng/L); Quartile 4; (10.6–1692 ng/L)