TNNT2 and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: After adjustment for other significant predictors found in univariate analysis, Cox regression was performed adjusting for age, history of arterial hypertension, COPD and diabetes, hs-cTnT on admission >99th percentile, D-dimer on admission and classification according to stages defined by Siddiqi et al. or Australian guideline on admission [6, 7].