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Table 3 Risk factors for elevated hs-TnT

From: Remote ischemic preconditioning for cardioprotection in elective inpatient abdominal surgery – a randomized controlled trial

 

No PMI

PMI

P =

Age > 70

17 (26%)

12 (63%)

0.005**

Male

35 (55%)

14 (74%)

0.187

BMI > 30

13 (23%)

5 (29%)

0.749

Cardiac RFs

 0

3 (5%)

0

1.000

 1

35 (54%)

12 (63%)

0.423

 2

17 (26%)

2 (10%)

0.339

 3

7 (11%)

1 (5%)

1.000

  > 3

3 (5%)

4 (21%)

0.035*

Pre-operative test

 Abnormal ECG

8 (13%)

6 (32%)

0.049*

 Creatinine (> 120 μmol/L)

25 (39%)

3 (16%)

0.156

Operative events

 HR ×2 normal

4 (7%)

2 (12%)

0.616

 MAP ×0.5 normal

8 (13.8%)

3 (16%)

1

 Lactate > 1.5

14 (24%)

1 (5%)

0.098

 Surgery > 4 h

32 (55%)

12 (63%)

0.602

 Sympathomimetic use

43 (74%)

16 (84%)

0.535

Post-operative events

 Average length of stay (days)

8

8

1

 Dead at 30 days

0

0

 Dead at 1 year

0

2 (12%)

0.044*

  1. P values calculated with Fisher exact or Mann-Whitney U test