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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Jul;29(7):1215–1222. doi: 10.1002/oby.23181

Table 3.

Odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) of incident obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2) at the 6-year follow up visit (visit 4, 1996-1998) among those participants who were non-obese at baseline (visit 2, 1990-1992), N=6,940

NT-proBNP categories (pg/mL)
Q1
(≤ 27.17)
Q2
(27.19 –
50.79)
Q3
(50.81 –
90.58)
Q4
(≥ 90.63)
P-value for
trend
Model 1 1.51 (1.21-1.89)* 1.49 (1.21-1.83)* 1.09 (0.89-1.35) 1 (reference) <0.0001
Model 2 1.35 (1.07-1.69)* 1.37 (1.11-1.69)* 1.06 (0.85-1.30) 1 (reference) 0.003

Model 1: Adjusted for age, sex, race-center, smoking status, eGFR, hypertension, diabetes, heart failure, ASCVD (coronary heart disease or stroke). Model 2: Model 1 plus total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol and lipid lowering medication.

*

p<0.05

ASCVD= atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; eGFR=Estimated glomerular filtration rate; HDL=High-density lipoprotein