Fig. 1.

Impact of the prednisone/furosemide/colchicine/salicylate/direct anti-Xa inhibitor regimen in the different patient subgroups defined according to age (using the median value, 66.5 years, as threshold), gender, presence of diabetes mellitus, serum brain natriuretic peptide (BNP; threshold at 100 ng/mL) and troponin levels (threshold at 16 ng/mL). Odds ratio (OR) and their 95%-confidence intervals were determined . (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the web version of this article.)