Table 3.

Mortality and Cardiovascular Morbidity in the Healthy Normal Subgroup (n = 703) During 10 Years of Follow-Up According to Baseline NT-proBNP

Outcome (No. of Events)	HR (95% CI) per 1 SD Increase in Log Variable	p Value	HR (95% CI) for Values Above 80th Percentile	p Value
Death (19)
Unadjusted model	1.52 (0.88–2.62)	0.132	0.72 (0.17–3.09)	0.655
Age-, sex-, BMI-adjusted	0.95 (0.47–1.92)	0.881	1.06 (0.24–4.74)	0.938
Heart failure (13)
Unadjusted model	1.21 (0.63–2.35)	0.564	1.19 (0.26–5.38)	0.819
Age-, sex-, BMI-adjusted	1.36 (0.61–3.01)	0.452	1.69 (0.36–7.96)	0.507
Myocardial infarction (14)
Unadjusted model	0.71 (0.40–1.28)	0.255	0.45 (0.06–3.39)	0.435
Age-, sex-, BMI-adjusted	0.72 (0.33–1.59)	0.421	0.66 (0.08–5.23)	0.697
Cerebrovascular accident (38)
Unadjusted model	1.06 (0.74–1.52)	0.738	0.61 (0.22–1.73)	0.356
Age-, sex-, BMI-adjusted	0.79 (0.49–1.26)	0.320	1.06 (0.37–3.05)	0.915
Combined end point (72)
Unadjusted model	1.04 (0.79–1.37)	0.765	0.76 (0.36–1.57)	0.454
Age-, sex-, BMI-adjusted	0.93 (0.65–1.33)	0.688	1.14 (0.53–2.42)	0.736

CI = confidence interval; HR = hazard ratio; NT-proBNP = N-terminal pro–B-type natriuretic peptide; other abbreviations as in Table 1.