Research Article

Association between Variation of Troponin and Prognosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction before and after Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Table 5

Results of the univariate and multivariable Cox proportional hazards model applied to assess correlates of 2-year MACE.

Baseline parametersUnivariate Cox regressionMultivariate Cox regression
HR (95% CI) valueHR (95% CI) value

△cTnI1.013 (1.004–1.022)0.0051.018 (1.001–1.035)0.042
Q1△cTnIRefRefRefRef
Q2△cTnI3.399 (1.357–8.514)0.0094.080 (1.342–12.403)0.013
Q3△cTnI2.637 (0.971–7.162)0.0572.561 (0.744–8.819)0.136
Q4△cTnI3.583 (1.317–9.752)0.0121.566 (0.290–8.444)0.602
BMI0.951 (0.876–1.033)0.2340.945 (0.863–1.035)0.223
Anterior wall myocardial infarction1.255 (0.709–2.224)0.4361.315 (0.681–2.540)0.414
Uric acid0.984 (0.974–0.994)0.0020.987 (0.977–0.998)0.018
Number of stents0.776 (0.477–1.261)0.3061.152 (0.697–1.905)0.581
No-reflow phenomenon1.014 (0.139–7.387)0.9891.463 (0.190–11.259)0.715
Target lesion types
ARefRefRefRef
B10.272 (0.091–0.813)0.0200.908
B20.103 (0.031–0.340)<0.0010.917
C0.162 (0.067–0.393)<0.0010.915
Organ thrombosis1.011(0.622–1.643)0.9650.998 (0.481–2.075)0.988
Completed occlusion0.990 (0.524–1.872)0.9770.864 (0.411–1.820)0.701
Target lesion involving branches0.930 (0.481–1.797)0.8290.943 (0.456–1.952)0.875

MACE, major adverse cardiovascular events; HR, hazard ratio; cTnI, cardiac troponin I; PPCI, primary percutaneous coronary intervention; BMI, body mass index.