NT-proBNP indices and suspicious cardiopulmonary compensations.

Table 3: NT-proBNP indices and suspicious cardiopulmonary compensations.

NT-pro BNP Indices	Suspicious Cardiac compensations		P-value	Suspicious Pulmonary compensations		P-value
NT-pro BNP Indices	EXIST (n = 62)	NONE (n = 70)	P-value	EXIST (n = 50)	NONE (n = 82)
Pre	1785.8 ± 2141.5	1068.3 ± 1555.3	0.03^*	2006.3 ± 2401.9	1038.8 ± 1369.1	0.004^*
Wean	6013.9 ± 7376.9	3123.3 ± 4942.4	0.01^*	6767.7 ± 8015.8	3086.7 ± 4595.3	0.001*
Difference	4222.1 ± 5947.5	2055.1 ± 3816.4	0.01^*	4761.5 ± 6465.3	2047.8 ± 3585.1	0.002^*
Ratio	4.7 ± 5.6	4.9 ± 6.5	0.83	4.9 ± 5.9	4.8 ± 6.2	0.84

Note: Values are in mean ± S.D, picogram/ml, ^*p < 0.05 significant.