Total patients
Patients with hs-cTnT≤0.014 µg/L
Patients with hs-cTnT>0.014 µg/L
P value
N. 541 223 318
Age (years)* 71.9±16.2 62.2±17.7 78.4±11.1 <0.001
Male sex (%) 62 60 64 0.406
Smokers (%) 22 26 19 0.064
Former smokers (%) 34 28 38 0.012
Arterial hypertension (%) 72 59 80 <0.001
Coronary heart disease (%) 30 15 40 <0.001
Heart failure (%) 22 6 32 <0.001
History of stroke (%) 12 6 15 0.002
Diabetes (%) 26 14 34 <0.001
COPD (%) 32 23 38 <0.001
Paroxysmal AF 15 7 22 <0.001
Persistent/Permanent AF 13 7 18 <0.001
PSI class II (%) 26 50 10 <0.001
PSI class III (%) 24 29 21
PSI class IV (%) 37 20 47
PSI class V (%) 13 1 22
Aspirin (%) 32 23 38 <0.001
Thienopyridines (%) 13 14 18 <0.001
Heparins (%) 6 2 9 0.001
OAC (%) 14 10 17 0.035
Statins (%) 30 23 34 0.005