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Table 2 Patients’ characteristics

From: Serum microRNA-1233 is a specific biomarker for diagnosing acute pulmonary embolism

 

Acute PE

Acute NSTEMI

p

Age (y)

62 ± 14

64 ± 13

0.57

Male gender (%)

57

57

1.00

Onset to sampling < 24 h (%)

63

70

0.58

BMI (kg/m2)

30.6 ± 7.7

27.9 ± 9.3

0.23

LV-EF (%)

60 ± 2

57 ± 7

0.03

CV risk factors

   

Hypertension (%)

63

81

0.15

Hyperlipidemia (%)

17

41

0.04

Smoking (%)

10

52

<0.001

Diabetes mellitus (%)

20

22

0.75

Positive family history (%)

3

33

<0.01

CV history

   

Non-obstructive CAD (%)

17

3

0.09

Obstructive CAD (%)

0

6

0.15

Previous PCI/CABG (%)

0

6

0.15

Previous MI (%)

0

6

0.15

Resuscitation (%)

0

0

1.00

Atrial fibrillation (%)

0

3

0.31

Previous stroke (%)

3

3

1.00

  1. Patients’ characteristics of the acute pulmonary embolism (PE) and acute non ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) groups
  2. BMI body mass index, LV-EF left ventricular ejection fraction, CV cardiovascular, CAD coronary artery disease, PCI percutaneous coronary intervention, CABG coronary artery bypass grafting, MI myocardial infarction
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Journal of Translational Medicine

ISSN: 1479-5876

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