High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T Is a Risk Factor for Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality: A 9.5-Year Follow-Up Study

Table 2

Clinical factors affecting Hs-TnT.

All subjects (n = 1325)	Hs-TnT			Hs-TnT
	r	value	β	CI	value
Age	0.085	0.004	0.002	−0.002∼0.007	0.308
Male	0.120	<0.001	0.725	0.340∼1.110	<0.001
Smoking	0.110	0.001	0.320	−0.086∼0.725	0.122
Diabetes	0.144	<0.001	0.232	0.058∼0.522	0.117
Hypertension	0.278	<0.001	0.883	0.501∼1.265	<0.001
TG	0.013	0.646	0.044	−0.002∼0.091	0.063
HDL-C	0.029	0.321	0.100	−0.070∼0.270	0.250
LDL-C	0.019	0.515	0.222	0.077∼0.367	0.003
TC	0.049	0.092	0.227	0.102∼0.351	<0.001
SBP	0.011	0.702	0.046	0.033∼0.060	0.872
DBP	0.049	0.093	0.002	0.000∼0.003	0.010
BMI	0.033	0.258	0.010	−0.002∼0.007	0.003
FBG	0.065	0.026	0.064	0.037∼0.091	<0.001
Cr	0.101	0.001	0.231	0.098∼0.391	0.565
eGFR	−0.091	0.002	-0.596	−0.915∼−0.277	<0.001
hs-CRP	0.087	0.005	0.044	−0.009∼0.097	0.105
BNP	0.119	<0.001	0.016	−0.022∼0.055	0.411

TC, total cholesterol; HDL-C, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; TG, triglyceride; LDL-C, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; FBG, fast blood glucose; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HR, heart rate; Scr, serum creatinine; hs-CRP, high-sensitive C-reactive protein; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; Hs-TnT, high-sensitivity troponin T. Natural logarithm transformed. §Covariates in the multiple-adjusted models included age, gender, hypertension, diabetes, current smoking, and levels of plasma.