Fig 1.
CAD: Coronary artery disease. NSTEACS: Non-ST elevation Acute Coronary Syndrome. STEMI: ST-elevation myocardial infarction.
Table 1.
Characteristics of patients with and without cancer.
Fig 2.
Box graphs showing data of the different analytical variables in patients with and without cancer.
Boxes represent the interquartile ranges, with a thick line inside representing the median value. Points outside boxes represent individual values that are not included in the interquartile range. CKD-EPI: Chronic Kidney Disease-Epidemiology Collaboration Method; GFR: Glomerular Filtration Rate; HDL: High-density lipoprotein; LDL: Low-density lipoprotein. NT-proBNP: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide; sTWEAK: soluble tumor necrosis factor-like weak inducer of apoptosis.
Fig 3.
Linear regressions showing the correlations of NT-proBNP with age and other biomarkers studied.
Correlations were significant but mild with age, Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) as assessed by the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration Method (CKD-EPI), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP), high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I (hs-cTnI), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), galectin-3 (Gal3), and triglyceride plasma levels. Log: Logarithm.
Table 2.
Multivariate linear regression analysis showing the influence of other variables on N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide levels.
Table 3.
Multivariate Cox regression analysis for the incidence of cancer, heart failure, or death.