High Sensitivity Troponins Discriminate Different Morphologies of Coronary Artery Plaques Being Assessed by Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography
Table 2
Median concentrations of biomarkers in all patients as well as in subgroups of CAD.
No plaques ()
Noncalcified plaques ()
Calcified plaques ()
Mixed plaques ()
value
hsTnT, ng/ml
0.005 (0.0029–0.006)
0.0050 (0.0030–0.0080)
0.0065 (0.0040–0.0145)
0.0120 (0.0060–0.030)
0.0001
hsTnI, pg/ml
1.8 (1.1-2.5)
1.7 (1.3-4.5)
2.5 (1.3–7.0)
4.5 (2.9–8.5)
0.0001
NT-proBNP, pg/ml
77.21 (43.88–140.5)
44.30 (34.93–141.10)
132.45 (45.48–1176.00)
292.10 (39.78–656.90)
0.053
Creatinine, μmol/l
75.14 (63.7–84.0)
74.23 (55.7–89.3)
73.37 (66.3–81.3)
80.44 (72.5–95.5)
0.537
Uric acid, μmol/l
279.56 (243.9–315.2)
285.50 (243.9–333.1)
306.32 (249.8–353.9)
368.78 (279.6–458.0)
0.018
Cholesterol, mmol/l
5.26 (4.4-5.8)
4.48 (4.1–5.9)
4.82 (4.2–5.3)
4.40 (3.5–5.6)
0.204
LDL Cholesterol, mmol/l
3.34 (2.7–4.0)
2.82 (2.6–3.2)
3.11 (2.5–3.6)
2.36 (2.0–3.9)
0.186
HDL Cholesterol, mmol/l
1.37 (1.1–1.7)
1.01 (0.9–1.3)
1.27 (1.1–1.5)
1.19 (1.0-1.5)
0.105
Triglyceride, mmol/l
1.53 (0.8–2.0)
1.58 (1.3–1.8)
1.29 (1.2–1.9)
1.68 (1.3–1.9)
0.740
hsTnT: high sensitivity troponin T; hsTNI: high-sensitivity troponin I; NT-proBNP: N-terminal probrain natriuretic peptide; IQR: interquartile range. Data are given as follows: medians (interquartile range).
