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Table 2 Outcome parameters by tertile of lactate level

From: Clinical correlates of arterial lactate levels in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction at admission: a descriptive study

 

Lac ≤ 1.1 mmol/L (n = 410)

Lac 1.2 to 1.7 mmol/L (n = 98)

Lac ≥ 1.8 mmol/L (n = 68)

P

30-day mortality

2.0

1.5

6.5

< .001

TIMI-flow 2 to 3

96.5

97.2

93.9

.055

Myocardial blush grade 2 to 3

82.0

76.8

67.2

< .001

ST-segment elevation resolution after PCI

    

   >70%

64.4

59.0

54.5

.120

   30 to 70%

23.5

24.2

28.2

 

   < 30%

12.1

16.8

17.3

 

CK total (peak, units/L)

789 (239 to 787)

1,175(542 to 2,239)

1,296(488 to 2,801)

< .001

Troponine T (peak, μg/L)

2.13 (0.54 to 5.90)

3.63(1.45 to 7.11)

3.89(1.41 to 8.02)

< .001

  1. Numbers as %, mean ± SD or median (Q25 to Q75). CK, creatine kinase; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIMI, thrombolysis in myocardial infarction.