Table 1.
Patient characteristics with respect to the presence of a comorbidity stratified by hscTnT concentration
| Variables | n (%) | Mean | SD | SE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hscTnT > 14ng/L | 5039 (73.9) | 37.05 | 19.95 | 0.281 |
| hscTnT ≤ 14ng/L | 1783 (26.1) | 9.74 | 2.84 | 0.067 |
| HTN | 5488 (80.5) | 22.02 | 21.94 | 0.296 |
| RI | 3326 (48.7) | 33.57 | 18.50 | 3.208 |
| Anemia | 2852 (41.8) | 19.40 | 18.50 | 0.346 |
| COPD | 2805 (30.5) | 28.35 | 18.09 | 0.342 |
| DM | 2354 (34.5) | 26.67 | 18.64 | 0.384 |
| Hypothyroidism | 2122 (31.1) | 21.74 | 18.73 | 0.407 |
| Pneumonia | 2030 (29.7) | 23.51 | 18.59 | 0.413 |
| Cancer | 1230 (33.7) | 18.78 | 22.71 | 0.648 |
| PHTN | 960 (14) | 24.13 | 12.44 | 0.401 |
| CVA | 844 (12.4) | 21.20 | 18.06 | 0.622 |
| ASVD | 607 (8.9) | 27.33 | 14.01 | 0.569 |
| SAH | 582 (8.5) | 23.66 | 13.10 | 0.543 |
| PE | 539 (7.9) | 29.63 | 12.44 | 0.536 |
| CM | 502 (7.4) | 36.01 | 16.79 | 0.749 |
| Smoking | 148 (2.2) | 12.03 | 8.13 | 0.668 |
ASVD, and arteriosclerotic vascular disease; CM, cardiomyopathy; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; DM, diabetes mellitus; hscTnT, cardiac troponin T from the high-sensitivity test; HTN, hypertension; PE, pulmonary embolism; PHTN, pulmonary hypertension; RI, renal insufficiency; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; SD, standard deviation; SE, standard error.