Descriptive statistics of the study cohort
| Patients with troponin I within criteria | |
| Total study participants | 2906 |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 69.4 (14.3) |
| Troponin I (ng/mL) | 1.95 (12.19) |
| Troponin measurements (#) | 20 709 |
| Race | |
| White | 1961 (67.5) |
| Black | 799 (27.5) |
| Other | 146 (5.0) |
| Sex | |
| Male | 1282 (44.1) |
| Female | 1624 (55.9) |
| Urbanicity | |
| Urban | 1337 (46.0) |
| Rural | 1569 (54.0) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Type 2 diabetes | 1432 (49.3) |
| Ischaemic heart disease | 2045 (70.4) |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 894 (30.8) |
| Chronic kidney disease | 1246 (42.9) |
| Emphysema | 301 (10.4) |
| Hypertension | 2425 (83.4) |
| Hyperlipedaemia | 2210 (76.0) |
| Peripheral artery disease | 751 (25.8) |