Table 4

Risk of all-cause death and major adverse cardiovascular events for men and women with type 2 myocardial infarction

HR (95% CI)P value
All-cause death* (men, ref cat)
 Model 1 (crude)0.82 (0.75 to 0.90)<0.001
 Model 2 (model 1+adjusted for comorbidities)0.81 (0.74 to 0.90)<0.001
 Model 3 (model 2+adjusted for hs-cTnT concentrations)0.84 (0.76 to 0.92)≤0.001
Major adverse cardiovascular events† (men, ref cat)
 Model 1 (crude)0.87 (0.80 to 0.95)0.002
 Model 2 (model 1+adjusted for comorbidities)0.92 (0.84 to 1.01)0.067
 Model 3 (model 2+adjusted for hs-cTnT concentrations)0.94 (0.86 to 1.03)0.189
  • Model 1: sex, hospital site, year; model 2: model 1+age, current smoking, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidaemia, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, previous stroke, ST-segment depression, estimated glomerular filtration rate, COPD, dementia, previous or present cancer; model 3: model 2+hs-cTnT levels.

  • *Patients with type 2 myocardial infarction, n=4119.

  • †Patients with type 2 myocardial infarction, n=3979.

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; hs-cTnT, high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T; ref cat, reference category.