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ArticleJACC. Heart failure2024

Natriuretic Peptide Normative Levels and Deficiency: The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Naman S Shetty, Nirav Patel, Mokshad Gaonkar, Peng Li, Garima Arora, Pankaj Arora

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Article in JACC. Heart failure, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  11. Blunted increase in plasma BNP during acute coronary syndrome attacks in obese patients.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024
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  13. Reply to D'Couto and Celi: Racial Physiology: A Dangerous Precedent.American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Naman S ShettyDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Nirav PatelDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Mokshad GaonkarDepartment of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Peng LiSchool of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Garima AroraDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Pankaj AroraDivision of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; Section of Cardiology, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Electronic address: parora@uabmc.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UAB Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC)P30DK056336 · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2000 to 2025
$6.0M
Natriuretic Peptide-Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Rhythm Axis and Nocturnal Blood PressureR01HL160982 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2022 to 2025
$2.9M
The Effects of Neprilysin Inhibition on Cardiometabolic Health in Black IndividualsR01HL163852 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
Atrial Natriuretic Peptide and Regulation of Cardiometabolic Health: A Genotype-Guided Human Physiological StudyR01HL163081 · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · 2025 to 2025
$742k
NHLBI NIH HHS K23 HL146887NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL160982NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL163081NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL163852NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNatriuretic peptides (NPs) are hormones with a range of key functions vital for cardiometabolic health. However, the reference ranges of NPs and the prevalence of NP deficiency in the healthy United States population remains poorly defined.

objectivesThis study aims to establish the reference range for N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) values and to assess the prevalence of NP deficiency in a nationally representative healthy United States population.

methodsHealthy participants with NT-proBNP measurements from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey were included. Weighted multivariable-adjusted linear regression models were used to assess the adjusted percentage difference of NT-proBNP concentrations by sex and race and ethnicity. NP deficiency was defined as concentrations <2.5th percentile in the study cohort.

resultsAmong 18,145 individuals (median age: 33.9 years [IQR: 17.1-49.0 years], 49.8% males, and 68.5% non-Hispanic White individuals), females had similar NT-proBNP concentrations in the 1-10 years group (4.2% [95% CI: -3.3% to 12.2%]), and highest differences in the 20-30 years group (150.5% [95% CI: 123.5%-180.8%]) compared with males in their respective age groups. Compared with non-Hispanic White individuals, non-Hispanic Black individuals had lower NT-proBNP concentrations in the 1- to 10-years group (19.6% [95% CI: 10.7%-27.6%]), and these differences were most pronounced in the 30-40 years group (40.2% [95% CI: 33.7%-46.0%]). An estimated 9.1 million United States individuals had NP deficiency. NP deficiency was associated with a higher risk of cardiometabolic diseases such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, obesity, and insulin resistance.

conclusionsThis study establishes the normative NP concentrations across the lifespan of a healthy United States population.

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