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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Determinants of high sensitivity cardiac troponin T elevation in acute ischemic stroke

 

All patients

hs-cTnT ≤14 ng/L

hs-cTnT > 14 ng/L

p value

(n = 287)

(n = 131)

(n = 156)

Age (y)

76 (65–83)

65 (59–76)

81 (74–87)

<0.001

Females

129 (44.9)

59 (45.0)

70 (44.9)

0.977

Medical history:

 Cerebrovascular disease

61 (21.3)

18 (13.7)

43 (27.6)

0.004

 Coronary heart disease

72 (25.1)

15 (11.5)

57 (36.5)

<0.001

 Congestive heart failure

33 (11.5)

4 (3.1)

29 (18.6)

<0.001

 Atrial fibrillation

79 (27.5)

20 (15.3)

59 (37.8)

<0.001

 Diabetes mellitus

39 (13.6)

10 (7.6)

29 (18.6)

0.007

 Smoking

53 (18.5)

36 (27.5)

17 (10.9)

<0.001

 Hypertension

179 (62.4)

67 (51.1)

112 (71.8)

<0.001

 Hyperlipidemia

86 (30.0)

35 (26.7)

51 (32.7)

0.271

Vital signs:

 Pulse

77.4 (±17.3)

76.8 (±15.1)

78.0 (±19.0)

0.818

 Systolic BP

165.9 (±30.3)

167.9 (±29.5)

164.3 (±30.9)

0.337

 Diastolic BP

87.1 (±15.0)

88.1 (±13.2)

86.2 (±16.3)

0.152

NIHSS

4 (2-9)

3 (1-7)

4 (2-12)

0.001

rt-PA

27 (9.4)

21 (16.0)

6 (3.8)

<0.001

Blood leukocyte count (109/L)

7.6 (6.4-9.8)

7.6 (6.0-9.6)

7.6 (6.6-9.8)

0.276

eGFR (mL/min)

71.0 (±21.8)

79.4 (±19.4)

63.9 (±21.3)

<0.001

TOAST

 Small vessel

65 (22.6)

37 (28.2)

28 (17.9)

0.038

 Large artery

51 (17.8)

23 (17.6)

28 (17.9)

0.931

 Cardioembolic

84 (29.3)

20 (15.3)

64 (41.0)

<0.001

 Other/ undetermined

87 (30.3)

51 (38.9)

36 (23.1)

0.004

  1. Categorical variables are presented in absolute values with percentages; n (%). Continuous variables are presented as mean (±SD) or median with interquartile range.
  2. hs-cTnT: high sensitivity cardiac troponin T; BP: blood pressure; NIHSS: National Institute of Health Stroke Scale; rt-PA: recombinant tissue plasminogen activator; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; TOAST: Trial of ORG 10172 in Acute Stroke Treatment.