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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 11.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2021 May 11;77(18):2291–2303. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2021.03.291

TABLE 2.

Diurnal Variation in Natriuretic Peptide Levels Among Lean and Obese Individuals

Overall Lean Obese
Rhythmicity
 Normalized MR-proANP <0.001 0.003 0.006
 Normalized BNP <0.001 0.02 <0.001
 Normalized NT-proBNP <0.001 0.001 0.01
24-h range
 MR-proANP, pmol/l 16.73 (11.89–24.25) 17.92 (12.94–25.21) 15.51 (10.61–22.02)
 BNP, pg/ml 12.0 (8.0–17.0) 14.0 (10.0–19.0) 10.5 (8.0–14.0)
 NT-proBNP, pg/ml 16.46 (3.95–30.58) 19.43 (7.16–32.92) 13.52 (3.23–22.92)
24-h range spread
 MR-proANP, % 75.5 (50.7–106.8) 64.4 (46.6–120.2) 79.4 (51.5–105.9)
 BNP, % 72.0 (50.9 –119.6) 54.7 (46.2–119.2) 76.6 (66.7–120.0)
 NT-proBNP, % 135.0 (66.3–270.4) 121.3 (68.0–309.7) 190.0 (64.4–269.0)

Values are p value or median (interquartile range).