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Table 5 Orthoedemascore and continuous biomarker covariates in patients with 30-day all-cause mortality

From: GDF-15: a novel biomarker of heart failure predicts short-term and long-term heart-failure rehospitalization and short-term mortality in patients with acute heart failure syndrome

30-day all-cause mortality

Admission

Factors

Total

Alive

Deaths

P value

 

(N = 84)

(N = 79)

(N = 5)

 

Total orthoedema score

   

0.026

 mean ± S.D

2.29 ± 0.98

2.23 ± 0.96

3.20 ± 0.84

 

 median (IQR)

2.00 (2.00–3.00)

2.00 (2.00–3.00)

3.00 (3.00–4.00)

 

NT-proBNP (pg/mL)

   

0.22

 mean ± S.D

9,901 ± 10,132

9,394 ± 9,680

17,915 ± 14,753

 

 median (IQR)

5,529 (2,260–13,918)

5,520 (2,247–12,031)

19,629 (4,808–28,992)

 

hsTnT (pg/mL)

   

0.045

 mean ± S.D

217 ± 852

217 ± 876

223 ± 262

 

 median (IQR)

40 (27–94)

39 (26–84)

151 (52–197)

 

Factors

Total

Alive

Deaths

P value

 

(N = 83)

(N = 78)

(N = 5)

 

GDF-15 (pg/mL)

   

0.012

 mean ± S.D

9,119 ± 6,011

8,702 ± 5,886

15,619 ± 4,175

 

 median (IQR)

6,879 (4,428–12,387)

6,346 (4,206–11,734)

14,297 (12,880–20,000)

 

Discharge

Factors

Total

Non rehospitalization

Rehospitalization

P value

 

(N = 79)

(N = 78)

(N = 1)

 

Total orthoedema score

   

0.65

 mean ± S.D

0.38 ± 0.79

0.38 ± 0.79

0.00 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

0.00 (0.00–0.00)

 

Factors

Total

Non rehospitalization

Rehospitalization

P value

 

(N = 71)

(N = 70)

(N = 1)

 

Log NT-proBNP (pg/mL)

   

0.23

 mean ± S.D

7,091 ± 11,041

7,185 ± 11,092

479 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

3,306 (690–7,863)

3,447 (701–8,011)

479 (479–479)

 

hsTnT (pg/mL)

   

0.45

 mean ± S.D

92 ± 165

93 ± 166

60 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

37 (22–64)

36 (22–65)

60 (60–60)

 

GDF-15 (pg/mL)

   

0.16

 mean ± S.D

7,107 ± 4,788

6,999 ± 4,734

14,668 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

5,659 (3,662–8,735)

5,632 (3,658–8,531)

14,668 (14,668–14,668)

 

NT-proBNP admission:discharge

   

0.57

 mean ± S.D

2.88 ± 3.84

2.89 ± 3.87

2.39 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

1.81 (1.08–3.04)

1.79 (1.06–3.05)

2.39 (2.39–2.39)

 

hsTnT admission:discharge

   

0.23

 mean ± S.D

1.48 ± 1.43

1.48 ± 1.44

0.87 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

1.13 (0.96–1.34)

1.14 (0.97–1.34)

0.87 (0.87–0.87)

 

Factors

Total

Non rehospitalization

Rehospitalization

P value

 

(N = 70)

(N = 69)

(N = 1)

 

GDF-15 admission:discharge

   

0.15

 mean ± S.D

1.39 ± 0.93

1.40 ± 0.94

0.74 ± NA

 

 median (IQR)

1.10 (0.96–1.63)

1.10 (0.96–1.64)

0.74 (0.74–0.74)

 
  1. P value by Wilcoxon rank sum test, Welch Two Sample t-test