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Table 1 Main characteristics of included studies

From: Prevalence and prognostic value of elevated troponins in patients hospitalised for coronavirus disease 2019: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Study author

Location

Design

Date of admission

Patients

Comorbidities (HTN/DM/CVD, %)

Disease severitya

Date of last follow-up

Overall mortality, %

Mortality of pts with elevated troponin on admission, %

No. (male, %)

Age, years

Arcari et al.

Rome, Italy

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 15–Apr 30

111 (45.9)

72 (17)

55.9/18.9/31.5

NA

May 31

20.7

30.8

Azoulay et al.

Paris, France

Retrospective, multi-centre

Feb 21–Apr 24

376 (76.9)

62 [53–68]

49.5/30.3/NA

100% critical, SOFA score 5 [3, 8]

May 15

26.4

NA

Barman et al.

Istanbul, Turkey

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 20–Apr 20

607 (55.0)

63 (14)

43.8/31.6/19.1

32.1% critical

Apr 20

17.0

42.7

Bhatla et al.

Philadelphia, USA

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar 6–May 19

700 (44.9)

50 (18)

49.6/26.0/1.6

11.3% critical

May 24

4.3

NA

Bhatraju et al.

Seattle, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Feb 24–Mar 9

24 (62.5)

64 (18)

NA/58.3/NA

100% critical

Mar 23

50.0

NA

Buckner et al.

Seattle, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 2–Mar 26

105 (50.5)

69 (range 23–97)

59.0/33.3/38.1

48.6% critical

May 8

33.3

NA

Cipriani et al.

Padova, Italy

Retrospective, single-centre

Feb 26–Mar 31

109 (67.0)

70 [60–81]

62.3/24.8/16.5

28.4% critical

Apr 1

18.3

43.9

Du et al.

Wuhan, China

Prospective, single-centre

Dec 25–Feb 7

179 (54.2)

58 (14)

32.4/18.4/16.2

NA

Mar 24

11.7

31.7

Ferguson et al.

North California, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 13–Apr 11

72

NA

36.1/27.8/NA

29.2% critical

May 2

6.9

NA

Franks et al.

St. Louis, USA

Retrospective, single-centre

NA

182 (56.6)

64 (range 19–98)

NA

NA

NA

18.7

36.9

Gottlieb et al.

Chicago, USA

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar 4–Jun 21

1483 (53.4)

56 [44–68]

60.5/42.8/15.4

35.6 % critical

Jul 10

10.0

NA

Goyal et al.

New York, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 3–Mar 27

393 (60.6)

62 [49, 74]

50.1/25.2/13.7

NA

Apr 10

10.2

NA

Harmouch et al.

Bethlehem, USA

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar 1–Apr 15

563 (57.1)

63

50.3/35.2/NA

24.3 % critical

NA

14.5

36.1

He et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Feb 8–Mar 16

94 (57.4)

69 (10)

59.6/19.1/12.8

100% critical

Mar 16

44.7

NA

Heberto et al.

Puebla and Mexico City, Mexico

Prospective, multi-centre

Mar-Apr

254 (65.7)

54 (13)

35.4/31.5/5.5

NA

To death or discharge

35.0

NA

Hu et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 8–Feb 20

323 (51.4)

61 (range 23–91)

32.5/14.6/2.2

45.2% severe, 8.0 critical

Mar 10

10.8

NA

Huang et al.

Jiangsu, China

Retrospective, multi-centre

Jan 24–Apr 20

60 (58.3)

57 (range 26–97)

23.3/16.7/5.0

100% critical, APACHE II score 14 (5)

Apr 20

0

NA

Karbalai et al.

Tehran, Iran

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar-May

386 (61.1)

59 (16)

36.8/34.5/25.1

20.5 % critical

To death or discharge

19.9

NA

Lala et al.

New York, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Feb 27–Apr 12

2736 (59.6)

66

38.9/26.3/16.6

CURB-65 score 1.26 (1.10)

Apr 12

27.3

NA

Lazzeri et al.

Florence, Italy

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar 1–Mar 31

28 (78.6)

62 (10)

89.3/39.3/28.6

100% critical

Mar 31

7.1

NA

Li et al.

Guangzhou, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 24–Feb 25

82 (58.5)

45 (16)

26.8/21.9/NA

29.3% severe or critical

Feb 29

1.2

7.7

Li et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 29–Apr 1

2068 (48.6)

63 [51, 70]

34.9/14.1/8.8

32.0 % critical

Apr 1

8.8

45.9

Lombardi et al.

Italy

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 1–Apr 9

614 (70.8)

67 (13)

50.5/19.8/15.0

SOFA score 2 [1, 3]

Apr 23

24.1

37.4

Lorente-Ros et al.

Madrid, Spain

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar 18–Mar 23

707 (62.7)

67 (16)

50.5/20.2/10.6

52.1% critical

1 month after admission

19.8

45.2

Lu et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Dec 30–Mar 18

50 (58.0)

66 [58, 73]

38.0/18.0/18.0

100% critical, APACHE II score 12.0 [9.0, 16.3]

To death or discharge

60.0

NA

Ma et al.

Chongqing, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 21–Mar 2

84 (57.1)

48 [43, 63]

14.3/11.9/6.0

76.2% severe or critical

Mar 2

0

NA

Majure et al.

New York, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 1–Apr 27

6247 (59.9)

66 [56, 77]

59.5/36.0/13.3

30.2% critical

Apr 30

22.4

43.5

Mejía-Vilet et al.

Mexico City, Mexico

Prospective, single-centre

Mar 16–May 21

569 (66.3)

D, 49 [41, 60]; V, 52 [43, 60]

28.5/27.8/NA

35.0% critical

May 24

11.1

NA

Nguyen et al.

Chicago, USA

Retrospective, single-centre

Mar 16–Apr 16

356 (48.0)

61 [50, 73]

69.5/42.1/21.9

44% critical

May 25

12.6

21.4

Nie et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 12–Mar 12

311 (61.1)

63 [54, 70]

NA

57.9% severe, 9.6% critical

Mar 20

35.7

NA

Petrilli et al.

New York, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 2–Apr 2

1999 (62.6)

62 [50, 74]

37.1/25.2/9.9

36.1% critical

Apr 7

14.6

NA

Price-Haywood et al.

Louisiana, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 1–Apr 11

1382 (49.0)

63 (15)

NA

34.3% critical

May 7

23.6

NA

Qi et al.

Chongqing, China

Retrospective, multi-centre

Jan 19–Feb 16

267 (55.8)

48 [35, 65]

7.5/9.7/4.9

18.7% severe or critical

Feb 16

1.5

NA

Qin et al.

Hubei, China

Retrospective, multi-centre

Dec 31–Mar 4

3219 (47.7)

57 [45, 66]

27.8/12.8/6.4

NA

28 days after admission

6.0

37.9

Raad et al.

Michigan, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 9–Apr 15

1020 (49.9)

63 [52, 73]

72.7/44.3/12.1

50.2% critical

To death or discharge

17.6

32.8

Shah et al.

Albany, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 2–Jun 7

309 (42.7)

63 (14)

84.5/46.3/9.1

35.6% critical

To death or discharge

21.4

NA

Shah et al.

San Francisco, USA

Retrospective, single-centre

Feb 3–Mar 31

26 (NA)

NA

NA

42.3% critical

Apr 25

3.8

NA

Shen et al.

Shanghai, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 20–Feb 29

325 (51.7)

51 [36, 64]

15.6/7.1/3.4

3.1% severe, 4.9% critical

Feb 29

0.9

NA

Stefanini et al.

Milan, Italy

Retrospective, single-centre

Up to Apr 1

397 (67.3)

67 [55, 76]

56.7/24.6/8.4

NA

To death or discharge

23.2

45.4

Szekely et al.

Tel Aviv, Israel

Prospective, single-centre

Mar 21–Apr 16

100 (63.0)

66 (17)

57.0/29.0/16.0

29.0% severe, 10.0% critical

NA

NA

NA

Tan et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, multi-centre

Feb 8–Apr 6

115 (49.6)

63 [55, 70]

47.0/25.2/NA

63.5% severe, 36.5% critical

Apr 6

19.1

70.0

van den Heuvel et al.

Nijmegen, Netherlands

Retrospective, single-centre

Apr 1–May 12

51 (80.4)

63 [51, 68]

41.1/17.6/9.8

37.2% critical

To death or discharge

2.0

NA

Wei et al.

Chengdu, China

Retrospective, multi-centre

Jan 16–Mar 10

101 (53.5)

49 [34, 62]

20.8/13.9/5.0

36.6% severe or critical

NA

3.0

18.8

Woo et al.

Philadelphia, USA

Retrospective, multi-centre

Mar 1–Apr 30

415 (55.2)

65 (15)

69.9/35.0/18.1

39.3% critical

14 days after admission

21.2

NA

Xu et al.

Guangzhou, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 22–Apr 6

15 (60.0)

44 (13)

26.7/NA/NA

53.3% severe, 6.7% critical

Apr 6

0

NA

Yang et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Feb 13–Mar 14

463 (49.9)

60 [50, 69]

38.7/17.3/7.3

8.2% severe, 14.3% critical

Mar 28

5.8

40.0

Yu et al.

Wuhan, China

Prospective, multi-centre

Feb 25–Feb 27

226 (61.5)

64 [57, 70]

42.5/20.8/9.7

100% critical, SOFA score 4 [2, 8]

Apr 9

38.5

NA

Zeng et al.

Shenzhen, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 11–Apr 1

416 (47.6)

NA

14.4/5.5/3.1

8.4% critical

Apr 1

0.7

NA

Zhang et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Feb 1–Mar 15

135 (49.6)

56 [42, 68]

20.7/11.9/3.0

22.2% critical

NA

13.3

35.0

Zhao et al.

Jingzhou, China

Retrospective, single-centre

Jan 16–Feb 10

91 (53.8)

46

19.8/3.3/0

33.0% severe or critical

Feb 10

2.2

NA

Zhou et al.

Wuhan, China

Retrospective, multi-centre

Dec 29–Jan 31

191 (62.3)

56 [46, 67]

30.4/18.8/7.9

34.6% severe, 27.7% critical

Jan 31

28.3

95.8

  1. APACHE Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; CVD Cardiovascular disease; CURB-65 Confusion, Urea nitrogen, Respiratory rate, Blood pressure, 65 years of age and older; D Derivation cohort; DM Diabetes mellitus; HTN Hypertension; ICU Intensive care unit; NA Not available; SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment; V Validation cohort
  2. Values were mean (standard deviation), median [interquartile rage] or median (range)
  3. aSeverity of illness was assessed based on covid-19 treatment guidelines (see supplementary Table S7)