highly significantP < 0.0001
The difference between NT-proBNP and galectin-3 being highly significant ( P < 0.0001).
The difference between NT-proBNP and galectin-3 being highly significant ( P < 0.0001).
For predicting short-term prognosis (60 days, primary end-point rehospitalization caused by heart failure [ n = 60] or all-cause mortality [ n = 17]), galectin-3 was the most powerful predictor: an AUC for galectin-3 of 0.74 ( P = 0.0001) and an AUC for NT-proBNP of 0.67 ( P = 0.009), with the difference being borderline significant ( P = 0.05).