The absolute and relative changes in high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I are associated with the in-hospital mortality of patients with fulminant myocarditis

Table 2 Distribution of hs-cTnI change in survival group and mortality group within 24 h and 48 h

	Survival group proportion with 24 h	Mortality group proportion within 24 h	P	Survival group proportion within 48 h	Mortality group proportion within 48 h	P
	% (n = 63)	% (n = 14)		% (n = 58)	% (n = 8)
Absolute change of hs-cTnI (*10³ ng/l)
− 50 to − 40	1.59	0	1.000	5.08	0	1.000
− 40 to − 30	4.76	0	1.000	10.17	12.50	1.000
− 30 to − 20	14.29	0	0.198	22.03	0	0.338
− 20 to − 10	19.05	14.29	1.000	18.64	12.50	1.000
− 10 to 0	39.68	14.29	0.120	32.20	25.00	1.000
0 to 10	15.87	50.00	0.011*	5.08	37.50	0.019*
10 to 20	3.17	14.29	0.149	3.39	12.50	0.321
20 to 30	1.59	0	1.000	1.69	0	1.000
30 to 40	0	7.14	0.182	1.69	0	1.000
Relative change of hs-cTnI
− 100 to − 75%	11.29	0	0.334	31.03	0	0.095
− 75 to − 50%	30.65	6.67	0.098	41.38	25.00	0.464
− 50 to − 25%	27.42	6.67	0.170	10.34	12.50	1.000
− 25 to 0%	11.29	13.33	1.000	6.90	12.50	0.487
0 to 25%	9.68	46.67	0.002*	1.72	25.00	0.037*
25 to 50%	1.61	6.67	0.354	0	0	–
50 to 75%	1.61	0	1.000	1.72	0	1.000
75 to 100%	1.61	0	1.000	0	12.50	0.121
100 to 200%	4.84	20.00	0.084	6.90	12.50	0.487

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