Table 4.
Hazard ratios (HRs) for incident diabetes by categories of baseline N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) in non-diabetic men and women at baseline in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
| Categories of NT-proBNP [pg/mL, median (range)]
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| 24.4 (4.9–54.3) | 67.6 (54.4–85.9) | 112.2 (86–154.2) | 231.5 (154.3–6657) | P for linear trend | P for quadratic trend | P for interaction | |
| HRa for men | 1 | 0.66 (0.44–0.96) | 0.85 (0.55–1.25) | 0.89 (0.57–1.35) | 0.07 | 0.004 | 0.0002 |
| HRa for women | 1 | 0.7 (0.51–0.95) | 0.49 (0.34–0.69) | 0.46 (0.31–0.67) | <0.0001 | 0.3 | |
a
Adjusted for age, race, gender, antihypertensive medication, statin use, educational attainment, plasma interleukin-6 and total intentional exercise (MET-min/week).