Table 1

Characteristics of the studies included in the review
Study Year
 # subjects
 Age (mean +/- SD)
 % male
 History of HF (%)
 History of asthma or COPD (%)
 Patients admitted (%)
 BNP assay used
 Final diag-nosis HF (%)
 Cutoff (pg/ml)
 Sensi-tivity (%)
 Speci-ficity (%)
Jourdain 2002
 125
 72†
 *
 *
 *
 100
 Triage
 72
 300
 94
 86
Logeart 2002
 163
 67 ± 15
 67
 49
 *
 90
 Triage
 71
 100
 96
 31
Maisel 2002
 1,586
 64 ± 17
 56
 33
 41
 72
 Triage
 47
 100
 90
 76
Morrison 2002
 321
 *
 95
 42
 40
 43
 Triage
 42
 105
 86
 94
Villacorta 2002
 70
 72 ± 16
 47
 37
 44
 *
 Triage
 51
 200
 100
 97
Lainchbury 2003
 205
 70 ± 14
 49
 25
 42
 *
 Triage
 34
 100
 77
 84
Knudsen 2004
 155
 76†
 45
 *
 47
 *
 Triage
 48
 100
 90
 55
Ray 2004
 308
 80 ± 8
 50
 20
 25
 100
 Triage
 46
 100
 90
 59
Mueller 2005
 251
 73†
 93
 65
 *
 *
 AxSYM BNP
 55
 100
 96
 61
Alibay 2005
 160
 80 ± 14
 48
 38
 34
 58
 Triage
 38
 150
 94
 61

Sensitivity and Specificity are presented for the BNP value closest to 100 pg/ml from each study.

* Not reported † Standard deviation not reported

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