Research Article

A Preliminary Study of microRNA-208b after Acute Myocardial Infarction: Impact on 6-Month Survival

Table 2

Clinical variables as predictors of the survival all AMI patients and differentiated into lower and upper 12.38 subgroups (, 17, and 4, resp., univariate analyses; log-rank test) in 21 AMI patients.

CharacteristicsPatient N (NOE)Median survival (days)6-month survival (%) value

Relative expression
<12.3817 (3)NR66.20.02
≥12.384 (4)430
Gender
Female6 (1)182750.32
Male15 (6)NR36.7
Smoking
Yes8 (3)182470.81
No13 (4)15737.5
Diabetes
Yes4 (1)NR750.69
No17 (6)18234.3
Hypertension
Yes13 (5)18242.70.75
No8 (2)15743.8
Hyperlipidemia
Yes10 (4)NR52.50.32
No11 (3)18245.5
Decrease in EF
Yes6 (2)18241.70.85
No13 (3)NR51.3

NOE: number of events; NR: not reached. Cutoff = 0.55.