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Assessment <strong>of</strong> diagnostic <strong>and</strong> prognostic accuracyTABLE 3 Population characteristics <strong>of</strong> studies <strong>of</strong> TnIStudy Study typePopulation: age (years) <strong>and</strong>sex Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteriaTime fromsymptoms(hours)No. <strong>of</strong>patientsAmodio 2007 52 Single centre, Italy Mean age 61, 308 (60%) male Chest pain with suspectedclinical angina or AMISTEMI, new-onset LBBB 5.0 (median) 516Apple 2008 53 Multicentre, USA <strong>and</strong>FranceNR Symptoms suggestive <strong>of</strong> ACS NR NR 545Apple 2008 54 Single centre, USA Mean age 57, 223 (60%) male Symptoms indicative <strong>of</strong> ACS NR 5.1 (median) 371Apple 2009 55 Single centre, USA Mean age 54, 260 (57%) male Symptoms suggestive <strong>of</strong> ACSwithin 12 hoursNR 3.1 (median) 457Bassan 2005 56 Single centre, Brazil Mean age 67, 343 male Chest pain < 12 hours due topossible acute cardiac ischaemiaST segment elevation 2.0 (median) 631Body 2011 57 Single centre, UK Mean age 59, 430 (61%) male Suspected cardiac chest painoccurring within the previous24 hoursChest trauma, renal failurerequiring dialysis, medical conditionnecessitating admission, pregnancy3.5 (median) 705Charpentier Single centre, France Mean age 57, 454 (67%) male Chest pain due to suspected2010 59 within 12 hoursST elevation, traumatic cause,previous severe renal impairment orsevere communication problems2.9 (median) 677Collinson 2006 62 Multicentre, UK Median age 60, 150 (70%)maleChest pain due to suspectedACS within 24 hoursSTEMI 3 (median) 213Collinson 2006 48 Single centre, UK Median age 52, 335 (62%)maleUndifferentiated chest pain ECG changes <strong>of</strong> ACS, unstableangina, comorbidity requiringadmission, clearly non-cardiac pain6 (median) 539Di Serio 2005 63 Single centre, Italy Mean age: female 79, male 65;23 (77%) maleNot specified ST elevation 3.4 (mean) 30Ecollan 2007 64 Mobile units, France Mean age 68, 68 (63%) male Consecutive emergencies withchest painPatients with cardiogenic shock orthose with any evidence <strong>of</strong> a recentchest trauma2.3 (median) 108Garcia-Valdecasas Single centre, France Mean age 67, 114 (69%) male Chest pain > 20 minutes‘2011 49 duration within 6 hoursChest trauma NR 16520NIHR Journals Library

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