Distribution of cardiac troponin I in the Japanese general population and factors influencing its concentrations.
Naoya AbeKenichiro TomitaMayumi TeshimaMaki KuwabaraSatoshi SugawaNae HinataMasaaki MatsuuraMutsunori FujiwaraKazuhiko TakayaToru HiyoshiHiroki UozumiHiroshi IkenouchiRie IshikawaJunko ShojimaJunko KomatsuPublished in: Journal of clinical laboratory analysis (2017)
The 99th percentiles of the troponin I measured in the general population in Japan were comparable as the ones derived in the US, Germany, and Singapore. The troponin I level was dependent on the gender, age, BMI, and cardiac abnormalities found by ECG but not by the hsCRP level.