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Table 2 Cox proportional hazard ratios for the association of troponin I level with all-cause and cardiac-specific mortality

From: Elevated troponin I levels but not low grade chronic inflammation is associated with cardiac-specific mortality in stable hemodialysis patients

 

All-cause mortality

Cardiac-specific mortality

Model

Unadjusted

Adjusted

Unadjusted

Adjusted

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

HR (95% CI)

TnI ≥0.06

2.83 (1.49-5.37)*

2.57 (1.30-5.09)*

4.04 (1.46-11.2)*

3.14 (1.07-9.20)*

Age (per year)

1.01 (0.99-1.04)

1.01 (0.99-1.04)

1.00 (0.97-1.04)

1.00 (0.96-1.04)

Months on dialysis

0.99 (0.91-1.08)

1.01 (0.93-1.10)

1.01 (0.90-1.14)

1.07 (0.95-1.20)

CAD history

1.70 (0.90-3.23)†

1.60 (0.84-3.07)

1.85 (0.67-5.09)

1.71 (0.61-4.82)

Diabetes mellitus

2.14 (1.12-4.08)*

1.77 (0.89-3.51)†

4.40 (1.40-13.8)*

4.33 (1.22-15.3)*

CRP (per natural log)

1.40 (1.11-1.70)*

1.37 (1.07-1.75)*

1.27 (0.88-1.82)

1.20 (0.82-1.76)

  1. TnI, Troponin I; CAD, Coronary artery disease; CRP, CRP.
  2. Adjusted model includes all covariates listed in the table.
  3. *p ≤ 0.05; †p ≤ 0.10.
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