INTRODUCCIÓN: REVISIÓN CRITICA DEL PROBLEMA

CAPÍTULO IV
continuous variables between 2 different groups were performed with Student’s t
test. Continuous data from > 2 groups were compared with 1-way analysis of
variance. Pearson chi-square test was used for comparing categorical variables.
To study the correlation between quantitative variables, Pearson or Spearman test
was used. To calculate the sensitivity and specificity for sRAGE cut-off values to
predict mortality and/or cardiac events, a receiver operatorcharacteristic curve was
configured. Cox proportional hazard analysis was performed to determine the
independent predictor of cardiac events for the entire population. All variables that
showed a p value