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Table 2 Cox regression model for the total population showing association between selected baseline clinical variables and hazards ratios for the prespecified endpoints during 30 days follow-up

From: B-type natriuretic peptide is a long-term predictor of all-cause mortality, whereas high-sensitive C-reactive protein predicts recurrent short-term troponin T positive cardiac events in chest pain patients: a prognostic study

Variable

Total Mortality*

Cardiac Death or Recurrent TnT Positive Cardiac Events*

Recurrent TnT Positive Cardiac Events*

 

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

BNP quartile 2

0.97 (0.09–11.07)

0.59 (0.20–1.74)

0.50 (0.15–1.74)

BNP quartile 3

3.49 (0.39–31.36)

1.63 (0.35–2.75)

0.52 (0.16–1.74)

BNP quartile 4

9.36 (1.10–79.83)

1.66 (0.60–4.55)

0.59 (0.18–1.97)

hsCRP quartile 2

0.25 (0.06–0.93)

1.01 (0.42–2.44)

9.94 (1.27–77.88)

hsCRP quartile 3

0.80 (0.31–2.02)

1.23 (0.53–2.88)

4.44 (0.51–38.57)

hsCRP quartile 4

0.71 (0.28–1.81)

1.55 (0.67–3.59)

14.79 (1.89–115.63)

Age

1.06 (1.01–1.11)

1.04 (1.01–1.07)

1.04 (1.00–1.08)

STEMI

0.19 (0.08–0.44)

0.41 (0.21–0.79)

 

ARB

2.84 (1.27–6.40)

  

TnT > 0.05 (ng/mL)

2.70 (1.06–6.84)

3.29 (1.62–6.65)

3.11 (1.41–6.88)

Hypertension

 

1.75 (1.01–3.03)

 

Hypercholesterolemia

  

2.22 (1.05–4.68)

  1. ARB; Angiotensin receptor blockers, BNP; B-type natriuretic peptide, CI; Confidence interval, CRP; C-reactive protein, HR; Hazard ratio, STEMI; Admission index diagnosis ST-segment elevation MI, TnT; Troponin T. *Multivariable Cox regression model for comparing quartiles versus the lower quartile