Table 3 Cardiac biomarkers assayed at index hospitalization for patients with and without COVID-19 infection.

From: Post-recovery COVID-19 and incident heart failure in the National COVID Cohort Collaborative (N3C) study

Biomarker laboratories

COVID-19 Hospitalization (N = 257,075)

No COVID-19 Hospitalization (N = 330,255)

Number tested

Median (25%–75%)

Number tested

Median (25%–75%)

Natriuretic peptides

 BNP (pg/mL)

29,551 (11%)

50 (21–133)

10,580 (3%)

74 (30–203)

 NT-proBNP (pg/mL)

34,251 (13%)

185 (59–696)

9442 (3%)

286 (83–996)

Cardiac troponins

 Troponin I (ng/mL)

30,496 (12%)

0.02 (0.01–0.05)

16,058 (5%)

0.02 (0.01–0.07)

 Troponin T (ng/mL)

22,105 (9%)

0.01 (0.01–0.03)

10,517 (3%)

0.01 (0.01–0.03)

 

Subsequent Heart Failure (N = 5879)

No Subsequent Heart Failure (N = 251,196)

Subsequent Heart Failure (N = 5100)

No Subsequent Heart Failure (N = 325,155)

Elevated

1103

23,302

598

8588

Natriuretic Peptide*

(19%)

(9%)

(12%)

(3%)

  1. The National COVID Cohort Collaborative Study.
  2. BNP B-type natriuretic peptide, NT-proBNP N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide.
  3. *Natriuretic peptides considered elevated if BNP > 100 pg/mL or NT-proBNP >300 pg/mL.