Figure 1. Association of Categories of Percent Change in N-Terminal Pro–B-Type Natriuretic Peptide (NT-proBNP) From Visit 2 to Visit 4 and Risk of Incident Heart Failure (HF) Hospitalization and All-Cause Death After Visit 4.

Data were adjusted for age, sex, race, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, hypertensive medication use, diabetes, fasting glucose, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, triglyceride level, cholesterol-lowering medication use, cigarette smoking, estimated glomerular filtration rate, body mass index, and prevalent coronary heart disease. HR indicates hazard ratio. SI conversion factor: To convert NT-proBNP to nanograms per liter, multiply by 1.