Correlation between B-Type Natriuretic Peptide and N-Terminal pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in a Large Japanese Population at Risk of Stage A Heart Failure

摘要

BackgroundThe measurements of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) are useful for ruling out heart failure and as prognostic markers in not only heart failure populations but also general populations. It is not clear whether these two biomarkers are elevated in parallel or associated with demographic characteristics in large populations at risk of stage A heart failure. Here we investigated the relationship between BNP and NT-proBNP and extended the evaluation of this association to known demographic disparities in stage A heart failure.