Table 3.

Mean ankle–brachial index, log (urine albumin–creatinine ratio + 1), and log (left ventricular mass index) in quartiles of plasma midregional proatrial natriuretic peptide levels in African-Americans

	Quartiles of MR-proANP (pmol/L)							p Value for Trend
	I (<44)	II (44–62)	p Value	III (62–93)	p Value	IV (>93)	p Value
Age- and gender-adjusted
ABI	1.00 ± 0.01	0.99 ± 0.01	0.50	0.98 ± 0.01	0.031	0.96 ± 0.01	0.001	0.005
Log (UACR + 1) (mg/g)	2.21 ± 0.08	2.27 ± 0.09	0.59	2.35 ± 0.10	0.27	2.93 ± 0.12	<0.0001	<0.0001
Log LV mass index (g/m2.7)	3.65 ± 0.02	3.64 ± 0.02	0.46	3.64 ± 0.02	0.68	3.78 ± 0.02	<0.0001	<0.0001
Adjusted for age, sex, conventional risk factors, medication use, and eGFR
ABI	1.00 ± 0.01	0.99 ± 0.01	0.44	0.97 ± 0.01	0.011	0.96 ± 0.01	0.006	0.01
Log (UACR + 1) (mg/g)	2.51 ± 0.11	2.48 ± 0.11	0.72	2.61 ± 0.12	0.41	2.93 ± 0.13	0.003	0.0007
Log LV mass index (g/m2.7)	3.64 ± 0.02	3.63 ± 0.02	0.81	3.65 ± 0.02	0.68	3.80 ± 0.02	<0.0001	<0.0001

Abbreviation as in Table 1.