Predictive Value of Admission N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and Renal Function in Older People Hospitalized for Dyspnoea

Table 1

Main clinical parameters of the deceased and survivors.

	The deceased	Survivors	𝑃
	𝑛=35	𝑛=84
Age (years) at admission	81±5	79±6	0.070
BMI (Kg/m^2)	27±6	28±7	0.573
Serum creatinine (mg/dL)	1.66±0.79	1.18±0.49	<0.001
GFR (mL/min/1.73 m^2)	39.8±18.4	57.1±20.4	<0.001
NT-pro-BNP (pg/mL)	9809±13113	3812±4995	0.004
Ln (NT-pro-BNP)	3.66±0.58	3.24±0.62	0.001
Follow-up (days)	266±251	992±111	<0.001
Diabetes (𝑛 (%))	14 (40)	29 (34.5)	0.571
Pulmonary disease (𝑛 (%))	13 (37.1)	15 (17.9)	0.024
Congestive heart failure; (𝑛 (%))	12 (34.2)	24 (28.6)	0.536
Cerebrovascular events; (𝑛 (%))	8 (22.9)	10 (11.9)	0.129
Peripheral vascular disease; (𝑛 (%))	11 (31.4)	19 (22.6)	0.313
Ischaemic heart disease; (𝑛 (%))	17 (48.6)	26 (30.9)	0.068