Does a Raised Serum Troponin During a Severe Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation Predict Future Cardiovascular Events?

Cureus · 2025 · PMC11929144 · PMID 40125118

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.086so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

CCF was the most frequent CV event (77% of all events), followed by MI and AF. Elevated hsTnI was associated with 12-month mortality (56.8% vs 36.3%; OR 1.83, 95% CI 0.75-4.48), although the HR did not reach statistical significance (HR 1.767, 95% CI 0.922-3.388, p=0.086).

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