Long-term pattern of brain natriuretic peptide and N-terminal pro brain natriuretic peptide and its determinants in the general population: contribution of age, gender, and cardiac and extra-cardiac factors - Luchner, Andreas; Behrens, Gundula; Stritzke, Jan; Markus, Marcello; Stark, Klaus; Peters, Annette; Meisinger, Christa; Leitzmann, Michael; Hense, Hans-Werner; Schunkert, Heribert; Heid, Iris M. (European journal of heart failure, 2013)
Keywords: 10-year-follow-up; Adrenergic beta-Antagonists - therapeutic use; Adult; Aged; Aging - blood; Biomarkers - blood; Body Mass Index; Cohort Studies; Diabetes Mellitus - blood; Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology; Echocardiography; Female; Germany - epidemiology; Heart Atria - diagnostic imaging; Heart failure; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - blood; Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular - epidemiology; Longitudinal Studies; LV hypertrophy; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Myocardial Infarction - blood; Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology; Natriuretic Peptide, Brain - blood; Natriuretic peptides; Organ Size; Peptide Fragments - blood; Regression Analysis; Sex Factors; Heart failure; Hypertension; Echocardiography; LV hypertrophy; 10-year-follow-up; Natriuretic peptides