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. 2019 Jun 16;9(6):e023994. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023994

Table 5.

Potentially misdiagnosed patients with low cTn thresholds and copeptin

Sex Age Dyslipidaemia Smoke Diabetes Hypertension Personal history of CAD Chest pain since CPO category cTnI HS-cTnT Copeptin
M 89 No No No Yes Yes 1 hour 15 min <2 hours (very early presenters) 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) 44.9 ng/L 208.7 pmol/L
M 86 Yes No No Yes Yes 30 min 0.06 µg/L (60 ng/L) 11.3 ng/L 77.2 pmol/L
W 35 No No No No No 50 min 0.01 µg/L (10 ng/L) <3 ng/L 54.7 pmol/L
W 44 No Yes No No No 45 min 0.01 µg/L (10 ng/L) <3 ng/L 10.7 pmol/L
W 74 Yes No No Yes Yes 3 hours 2–4 hours 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) 8.8 ng/L 10.7 pmol/L
M 34.2 Yes Yes No No No 2 hours 35 min 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) <3 ng/L 23.5 pmol/L
M 55 Yes No No No Yes 3 hours 50 min 0.02 µg/L (20 ng/L) 6 ng/L 25.9 pmol/L
M 34 No Yes No No No 3 hours 15 min 0.01 µg/L (10 ng/L) 4 ng/L 52.4 pmol/L
M 61 Yes Yes No Yes Yes 3 hours 0.03 µg/L (30 ng/L) 19.7 ng/L 27.2 pmol/L
M 59 No No No No No 2 hours 45 min 0.04 µg/L (40 ng/L) 10.1 ng/L 241.8 pmol/L

CAD, coronary artery disease; CPO, chest pain onset; cTn, cardiac troponin; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; M, men; W, women.