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Table 2 Descriptive statistics – categorical data

From: Clinical significance of troponin elevations in acute decompensated diabetes without clinical acute coronary syndrome

Variable

Normal cTnI

Elevated cTnI

P value

%Male

50.0

50.0

.479

White (%)

20.5

20.8

.942

Black (%)

69.0

62.5

.942

Latino (%)

7.9

8.3

.942

Other (%)

2.5

4.2

.942

History of CAD (%)

4.6

41.7

<0.001

CRI (%)

9.7

12.5

0.66

ESRD (%)

2.1

8.3

0.07

Tobacco (%)

53.2

45.0

0.48

HTN (%)

45.6

69.6

0.028

  1. Abbreviations: CAD = Coronary Artery Disease; CRI = Chronic Renal Insufficiency; ESRD = End Stage Renal Disease; HTN = Hypertension.