Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Parameters	Low NGAL ≤207 μg/L	High NGAL >207 μg/L	p-value
	N = 65	N = 22
Age (years)	55.97	63.82	0.008*
Male (%)	72.30	77.27	0.648
Hypertension (%)	47.69	63.63	0.196
Diabetes mellitus (%)	53.84	45.45	0.496
Current smoker (%)	56.92	77.27	0.179
Dyslipidemia (%)	95.38	72.72	0.003*
LDL (mg/dL)	109.48	100.36	0.278
Duration of symptoms (h)	12.32	13.07	0.860
Troponin T at admission (μg/L)	739.48	1461.32	0.228
CKMB mass at admission (ng/mL)	51.33	58.03	0.805
HSCRP at admission (mg/L)	22.15	19.68	0.810
Serum creatinine at admission (mg/dL)	1.17	1.43	0.027*
Estimated glomerular filtration rate (ml/min)	65.72	49.95	0.002*
Left ventricular ejection fraction (mean%)	43.98	42.68	0.580
Global longitudinal strain	−11.47	−10.89	0.527
Percutaneous coronary intervention (%)	58.40	54.50	0.806

^*Significant p-values.