Table 2.

Inter-correlations among six biomarkers measured in the Heart and Soul cohort

	Nt-proBNP	Cystatin C	Albuminuria	C-Reactive Protein	Interleukin-6	Fibrinogen
Nt-proBNP	1.00	0.46	0.20	0.13	0.29	0.11
		<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Cystatin C		1.00	0.30	0.15	0.28	0.26
			<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001
Albuminuria			1.00	0.06	0.11	0.17
				0.07	<0.002	<0.001
C-Reactive Protein				1.00	0.52	0.50
					<0.001	<0.001
Interleukin-6					1.00	0.41
						<0.001
Fibrinogen						1.00

Nt-proBNP: N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide