Table 1.
Differences between patients who died in-hospital and those who were discharged alive
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Patients who died (n = 47)
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Discharged alive (n = 99)
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P
value
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| Age (yr), mean ± SD | 87.5 ± 5.3 | 83.4 ± 8.3 | 0.001 |
| Gender, n (%) | 0.59 | ||
| Female | 26 (30) | 60 (70) | |
| Male | 21 (35) | 39 (65) | |
| History of CAD, n | 12 | 26 | 1 |
| Atrial fibrillation/flutter, n | 18 | 46 | 0.38 |
| Renal function, n (%) | |||
| Known history of CKD | 24 (52) | 22 (48) | 0.001 |
| No history of CKD | 23 (23) | 77 (77) | |
| Creatinine levels, mg/dL | 2.10 (1.03) | 1.66 (0.95) | 0.008 |
| eGFR (mL/min/1.73 m2), mean ± SD | 35.32 ± 19.85 | 47.17 ± 24.22 | 0.002 |
| On antihypertensive therapy, n | 28 | 74 | 0.082 |
| Diabetes Mellitus, n | 16 | 37 | 0.69 |
| On statin therapy, n | 19 | 45 | 0.6 |
| Diagnosis on admission, n (%) | 0.86 | ||
| Infectious diseases | 21 (31) | 46 (69) | |
| Non-infectious diseases | 26 (33) | 53 (67) | |
| CRP (mg/L), mean ± SD | 178.16 ± 130.81 | 154.27 ± 125.30 | 0.26 |
| hs-TnI (ng/L) | |||
| Median | 314.8 | 282.5 | 0.57 |
| Log-hsTnI, mean ± SD | 2.57 ± 0.57 | 2.59 ± 0.42 | 0.89 |
CAD: Coronary artery disease; CKD: Chronic kidney disease; eGFR: Estimated glomerular filtrated rate; SD: Standard deviation; CRP: C-reactive protein; hs-cTnI: High sensitive cardiac troponin I; Log: Logarithm 10.