Table 1.

Relative Risk of Death within a 95% Confidence Interval (95% CI) during 3 Years of Follow‐Up (Univariate Analysis)

Test	Category	n	Death	Relative Risk	95% CI	P –Value*
MCG	Physiologic	106	4
(n = 355)	Pathologic	249	43	4.58	1.68–12.42	0.0003
ECG†	Physiologic	228	24
(318)	Pathologic	90	16	1.69	0.94–3.03	0.0572
ECHO‡	Physiologic	188	20
(n = 349)	Pathologic	161	27	1.58	0.92–2.70	0.0993
TnI§	Not elevated	243	22
(n = 354)	Elevated	111	25	2.48	1.47–4.21	0.0005

*Log‐rank (Mantel‐Cox) test.

^†ECG in 37 patients was not evaluable due to a left‐ or right‐bundle branch block.

^‡In six patients ECHO was not performed.

§One clotted blood sample, testing impossible.