N-Terminal Pro–B-type Natriuretic Peptide and Stroke Risk: The Reasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke Cohort

• Published in: Stroke (1970) Vol. 45; no. 6; pp. 1646 - 1650
• Main Authors: Cushman, Mary, Judd, Suzanne E., Howard, Virginia J., Kissela, Brett, Gutiérrez, Orlando M., Jenny, Nancy S., Ahmed, Ali, Thacker, Evan L., Zakai, Neil A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hagerstown, MD American Heart Association, Inc 01.06.2014; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Atrial Fibrillation - blood; Atrial Fibrillation - epidemiology; Atrial Fibrillation - ethnology; Biological and medical sciences; Biomarkers - blood; Coronary Artery Disease - blood; Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology; Coronary Artery Disease - ethnology; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Headache. Facial pains. Syncopes. Epilepsia. Intracranial hypertension. Brain oedema. Cerebral palsy; Heart Failure - blood; Heart Failure - epidemiology; Heart Failure - ethnology; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes); Neurology; Peptide Fragments - blood; Racial Groups; Retrospective Studies; Sex Factors; Stroke - blood; Stroke - epidemiology; Stroke - ethnology; Vascular diseases and vascular malformations of the nervous system; Vascular disease; natriuretic peptides; Stroke; Nervous system diseases; risk factors; Central nervous system disease; Risk factor; Cardiovascular disease; Cerebrovascular disease; Cerebral disorder; stroke
• ISSN: 0039-2499; 1524-4628; 1524-4628
• DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.004712

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE—Improved identification of those at risk of stroke might improve prevention. We evaluated the association of the cardiac function biomarker N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) with stroke risk in the 30 239 black and white participants of the Reasons for Geog...