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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Clinical investigation: thyroid function test abnormalities in cardiac arrest associated with acute coronary syndrome

 

CA (a)

AMI (b)

Control (c)

P

Number

50

31

40

-

Age (years)

59 ± 8

57 ± 9

58 ± 6

NS

Sex (male/female)

35/15

25/6

28/7

-

LVEF (%)

44.1 ± 8.2**

48.2 ± 8.6

65.9 ± 3.7*

*c versus a, b **a versus b

Peak troponin I (μg/ml)

29.9 ± 26.1*

6.7 ± 1.6*

< 0.01

*a versus b, c b versus c

Peak CK-MB (IU/l)

228.7 ± 147.4**

170.5 ± 61.2

14.6 ± 4.1*

* c versus a, b **a versus b

  1. *P < 0.0001, **P < 0.05. AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CA, cardiac arrest; CK-MB, creatine phosphokinase MB isoenzyme; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; NS, not significant.
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