The Prognostic and Risk-Stratified Value of Heart-Type Fatty-Acid-Binding Protein in Community Acquired Pneumonia in Emergency Department

Table 1

Patients characteristics.

	H-FABP ≥ 7 ng/mL	H-FABP < 7 ng/mL	𝑃
𝑛	85	144
Age (years)	77 (61–81)	73 (61–79)	0.092
Male	47 (55.3%)	85 (59.0%)	0.581
TNI (ng/mL)	0.12 (0.05–0.71)	0.03 (0.00–0.10)	0
CURB-65	3 (2–4)	2 (1–3)	0
PSI	138.5 ± 37.5	114.3 ± 38.0	0
MV	15 (17.6%)	9 (6.3%)	0.007
Vasopressor	19 (22.4%)	6 (4.2%)	0
28-day mortality	38 (44.7%)	19 (13.2%)	0
Survival time (days)	19.7 ± 10.9	25.8 ± 6.4	0

H-FABP: heart-type fatty-acid-binding protein; TNI: troponin I; PSI: Pneumonia Severity Index; MV: mechanical ventilation.