Cardiology Research and Practice

Research Article

The Utility of Point of Care Test for Soluble ST2 in Predicting Adverse Cardiac Events during Acute Care of ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction

Table 2

The comparison of characteristics between inframedian and supramedian sST2 in subjects with STEMI.


Characteristics	Inframedian sST2,	Supramedian sST2,	value

Demography
Age (years), mean ± SD	57.3 ± 8.7	59.1 ± 8.2	0.31
Male sex, (%)	38 (79.2)	38 (80.9)	0.84
Body mass index, mean ± SD	24.3 ± 2.8	24.1 ± 3.0	0.79

Risk factors
Diabetes mellitus, (%)	16 (33.3)	12 (25.5)	0.41
Hypertension, (%)	30 (62.5)	25 (53.2)	0.36
Current smoking, (%)	24 (50.0)	26 (55.3)	0.60

Clinical parameters
Onset (hour), mean ± SD	8.1 ± 6.9	7.4 ± 5.5	0.48
Systolic b.p (mmHg), mean ± SD	131.7 ± 27.9	126.0 ± 24.7	0.29
Diastolic b.p (mmHg), mean ± SD	80.3 ± 17.3	77.4 ± 15.4	0.39
Heart rate (bpm), mean ± SD	76.8 ± 17.1	75.4 ± 19.9	0.71
Killip II-IV, (%)	3 (6.2)	5 (10.6)	0.44

Laboratory examination
Hemoglobin (g/dL), mean ± SD	13.9 ± 1.8	13.6 ± 1.9	0.25
Leucocytes (10³/mm³), mean ± SD	12.9 ± 3.7	12.7 ± 2.8	0.76
Platelets (10³/mm³), mean ± SD	293.6 ± 107.8	259.3 ± 83.7	0.09
Creatinine (mg/dL), mean ± SD	1.2 ± 0.3	1.3 ± 0.7	0.09
Glucose (mg/dL), mean ± SD	184.9 ± 92.2	177.9 ± 98.4	0.72
Troponin I (ng/dL), mean ± SD	6.5 ± 10.5	9.4 ± 10.5	0.03
Creatine kinase-MB (IU), mean ± SD	93.2 ± 79.2	200.9 ± 204.3	<0.01
Total cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD	189.2 ± 58.8	181.9 ± 43.7	0.50
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD	123.9 ± 38.1	124.7 ± 35.7	0.91
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL), mean ± SD	43.8 ± 16.6	45.3 ± 8.9	0.59
Triglyceride (mg/dL), mean ± SD	134.7 ± 55.2	122.2 ± 75.8	0.36

Infarct location
Anterior, (%)	23 (47.9)	24 (51.1)	0.83
Inferior, (%)	24 (50.0)	21 (44.7)	0.83

Initial treatment
Primary PCI, (%)	17 (35.4)	17 (36.2)	0.94
Fibrinolysis, (%)	18 (37.5)	24 (51.1)	0.18
Heparinization, (%)			0.96
LMWH	4 (8.3)	5 (10.6)
UFH	37 (77.1)	36 (76.6)
Fondaparinux	4 (8.3)	4 (8.5)

b.p = blood pressure; bpm = beat per minute; LV = left ventricle; LDL = low-density liporotein; HDL = high-density lipoprotein; PCI = percutaneous coronary intervention; LMWH = low molecular weight heparin; UFH = unfractionated heparin; Mann–Whitney U test.