Table 2.

Event rates by pre-discharge troponin I elevation (>0.04ng/mL)

	Pre-discharge (baseline) troponin I value		P value
	Elevated	Normal
	(n = 609)	(n = 860)
12-month event rates, n (%)
All-cause mortality	134 (22.0%)	128 (14.9%)	<0.001
CVM or HHF	246 (40.4%)	282 (32.8%)	0.003
CVM	1 23 (20.2%)	118 (13.7%)	0.001
Pump failure	48 (7.9%)	45 (5.2%)	0.040
Sudden cardiac death	43 (7.1 %)	39 (4.5%)	0.038
Fatal myocardial infarction	10 (1.6%)	4 (0.5%)	0.028
Presumed sudden death	3 (0.5%)	6 (0.7%)	0.743
Presumed CV death	12 (2.0%)	10 (1.2%)	0.209
Other CV death	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0.415
Fatal stroke	3 (0.5%)	9 (1.0%)	0.379
CV procedural	0	2 (0.2%)	0.514
Unknown	3 (0.5%)	3 (0.3%)	0.697
HHF	1 72 (28.2%)	223 (25.9%)	0.325
All-cause rehospitalization	299 (49.1 %)	391 (45.5%)	0.169
CV event	261 (42.9%)	295 (34.3%)	0.001
Myocardial infarction	30 (4.9%)	24 (2.8%)	0.032
Stroke	12 (2.0%)	29 (3.4%)	0.108
6-month event rates, n (%)
All-cause mortality	82 (1 3.5%)	75 (8.7%)	0.004
CVM or HHF	1 82 (29.9%)	1 96 (22.8%)	0.002
CVM	77 (12.6%)	71 (8.3%)	0.006
HHF	130 (21.3%)	1 61 (1 8.7%)	0.214
All-cause rehospitalization	239 (39.2%)	312 (36.3%)	0.247
30-day event rates, n (%)
All-cause mortality	14 (2.3%)	8 (0.9%)	0.033
HHF	41 (6.7%)	39 (4.5%)	0.067
All-cause rehospitalization	93 (15.3%)	99 (11.5%)	0.035

CV cardiovascular; CVM, cardiovascular mortality; HHF, hospitalization for heart failure.