Fig 1.
Distribution of hsTnT level on admission to the hospital (A), at discharge (B), changes in hsTnT levels (net) (C) and changes in hsTnT levels (percent) (D).
The median (interquartile ranges) high sensitive cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) levels on admission, at discharge, and changes in hsTnT levels (net) were 0.038 (0.026 to 0.065), 0.032 (0.021 to 0.049), and -0.004 (-0.017 to 0.002) ng/ml, respectively. The percent change of hsTnT was -12.0 (-39.8 to 7.4) %.
Table 1.
Clinical characteristics of patients of the hsTnT falling, stable or rising groups.
Table 2.
Results of univariate linear regression analysis for changes in hsTnT levels.
Table 3.
Results of univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses for stable or rising hsTnT levels at discharge.
Fig 2.
Comparison of Kaplan—Meier estimates for probability of (A) free of all cause death, (B) free of cardiovascular death, and (C) free of heart failure-related rehospitalization among the falling, stable, and rising groups.
All cause death and cardiovascular death were not different among the falling, stable, and rising groups (Fig 2A, B). HF-related rehospitalization was significantly lower in falling group (p = 0.047; log-rank test; Fig 2C).
Table 4.
Results of univariate and multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression analyses for heart-failure related rehospitalization.