Fig. 3.
The frequency of the total hospital stays (A) and intensive care treatment required (B) in association with hs-cTnI (gray bars), and the revised cardiac index ‘Lee index’ (dark bars). Error bars represent standard deviation (SD). The length of hospital stay (means ± SD) was significantly longer in those patients with a higher Lee index (19·4 ± 8·1 versus 22·5 ± 12·5 versus 26·2 ± 13·6 days; P < 0·001) and in patients with elevated hs-cTnI (19·5 ± 7·9 versus 24·8 ± 16·3 days; P = 0·003). The number of patients requiring intensive care treatment was higher in patients with elevated hs-cTnI and was related to the Lee index.