Table 1: Baseline characteristics of OF patients
Values are expressed as mean ± SD. HF: heart failure; NC: normal control; RF: renal failure;CK-MB: creatine kinase-MB; MYO: myoglobin; cTNI: cardiac troponin I; BNP: type B natriuretic peptide; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; Cr: creatinine; CysC: cystatin C; β2-MG: beta 2-microglobulin. Differences were considered statistically significant if P<0.05. *P<0.05, **P<0.01, ***P<0.001.