Is cardiac troponin I an independent predictor of in-hospital death after adult cardiac surgery?
Our results demonstrated that cTnI concentration measured 20 h after the end of surgery is an independent predictor of in-hospital death after cardiac surgery. In addition, elevated concentrations of cTnI are associated with a cardiac cause of death and with major postoperative complications.
Cigarette and alcohol use, independent of race and other demographic variables, increased along a continuum with eating-disorder attitudes.