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Table 2 Relation between MCB tests and Cardiovascular Events by Age

From: The feasibility and diagnostic accuracy by multiple cardiac biomarkers in emergency chest pain patients: a clinical analysis to compare 290 suspected acute coronary syndrome cases stratified by age and gender in Taiwan

Age (Patient Number)

Acute coronary syndrome (ACS)

65 years (N = 146)

<65 years (N = 144)

 

Positive

Negative

Positive

Negative

MCB positive

28 (19.2 %)

62 (42.4 %)

20 (13.9 %)

16 (11.1 %)

MCB negative

7 (4.8 %)

49 (33.5 %)

18 (12.5 %)

90 62.5 %)

Odds ratio

3.161*

6.25*

  1. * mean P < 0.05