Prognostic impact of baseline high-sensitivity C-reactive protein in patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention based on body mass index.

NT-proBNP showed an increasing trend among quartiles (p<0.001).

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As the 12-month mortality was statistically borderline significant among hs-CRP quartiles in the total study population, we sought to further evaluate this finding by dividing the total study population into three groups based on their BMI.

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