Research Article

Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Components Associate with Infarct Size, Ventricular Function, and Clinical Outcome in STEMI

Table 3

Crude and multivariable adjusted odds ratio (OR) for reduced LVEF after 4 months.

OR95% CI value

Univariate analyses
High dsDNA levels on day 113.72.0–6.8<0.001
Age, per year1.000.97–1.020.760
Male gender3.71.4–9.70.009
Time, symptoms to PCI (ln), per SD1.41.0–1.90.026
Anterior MI3.62.0–6.5<0.001
Ischemic postconditioning0.90.5–1.50.641
Multivessel disease0.90.5–1.60.667
Peak CRP (ln), per SD3.12.1–4.6<0.001
CRP after 4 months (ln), per SD1.51.2–2.00.006
Peak troponin T (ln), per SD10.55.6–20.0<0.001
Multivariable analyses
Model 1
 High dsDNA levels on day 113.01.6–5.70.001
 Male gender2.91.0–8.30.048
 Time, symptoms to PCI (ln), per SD1.51.1–2.10.022
 Anterior MI3.01.6–5.80.001
Model 2
 High dsDNA levels on day 112.10.99–4.330.052
 Male gender3.10.95–10.090.061
 Time, symptoms to PCI (ln), per SD1.51.0–2.20.042
 Anterior MI2.81.3–5.90.008
 Peak CRP (ln), per SD2.21.4–3.4<0.001
 CRP after 4 months (ln), per SD1.40.96–1.950.085
Model 3
 High dsDNA levels on day 111.40.6–3.00.442
 Male gender2.20.6–7.20.212
 Time, symptoms to PCI (ln), per SD1.30.9–1.90.215
 Anterior MI1.20.5–2.60.692
 Peak troponin T (ln), per SD7.93.9–15.8<0.001

Reduced LVEF is defined as measured by CMR 4 months after STEMI. 1>median (366 ng/ml). CI: confidence interval. CRP: C-reactive protein. dsDNA: double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid. ln: natural logarithm. MI: myocardial infarction. PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention. SD: standard deviation.