Table 2 Discharge diagnoses per study period, stratified by sex.

From: Sex-specific effects of implementing a high-sensitivity troponin I assay in patients with suspected acute coronary syndrome: results from SWEDEHEART registry

Overalla

cTn period

hs-cTnI period

Absolute change (%)

P value

(n = 6,354)

(n = 6,044)

ACS

3,079 (48.5%)

3,618 (59.9%)

+ 11.4

< 0.001

Myocardial infarction

2,736 (43.1%)

3,235 (53.5%)

+ 10.4

< 0.001

Unstable angina

343 (5.4%)

383 (6.3%)

+ 0.9

0.026

Non-ACS

3,275 (51.5%)

2,426 (40.1%)

− 11.4

< 0.001

Heart failure

219 (3.4%)

185 (3.1%)

− 0.3

0.227

Other cardiac disease

1,275 (20.1%)

966 (16.0%)

− 4.1

< 0.001

Non-cardiac disease

1,781 (28.0%)

1,275 (21.1%)

− 6.9

< 0.001

Women

(n = 2,458)

(n = 2,328)

Absolute change (%)

P value

ACS

1,116 (45.4%)

1,323 (56.8%)

+ 11.4

< 0.001

Myocardial infarction

1,030 (41.9%)

1,242 (53.4%)

+ 11.5

< 0.001

Unstable angina

86 (3.5%)

81 (3.5%)

–

0.971

Non-ACS

1,342 (54.6%)

1,005 (43.2%)

− 11.4

< 0.001

Heart failure

76 (3.1%)

74 (3.2%)

+ 0.1

0.863

Other cardiac disease

486 (19.8%)

372 (16.0%)

− 3.8

0.001

Non-cardiac disease

780 (31.7%)

559 (24.0%)

− 7.7

< 0.001

Men

(n = 3,896)

(n = 3,716)

Absolute change (%)

P value

ACS

1,963 (50.4%)

2,295 (61.8%)

+ 11.4

< 0.001

Myocardial infarction

1,706 (43.8%)

1,993 (53.6%)

+ 9.8

< 0.001

Unstable angina

257 (6.6%)

302 (8.1%)

+ 1.5

0.011

Non-ACS

1,933 (49.6%)

1,421 (38.2%)

− 11.4

< 0.001

Heart failure

143 (3.7%)

111 (3.0%)

− 0.7

0.097

Other cardiac disease

789 (20.3%)

594 (16.0%)

− 4.3

< 0.001

Non-cardiac disease

1,001 (25.7%)

716 (19.3%)

− 6.4

< 0.001

  1. ACS acute coronary syndrome, cTn conventional cardiac troponin, hs-cTnI high-sensitivity cardiac troponin I.
  2. aMissing values: cTn period, n = 31 (M, n = 22; F, n = 9), hs-cTnI period, n = 60 (M, n = 36; F, n = 24).
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