Open AccessEffect of Body Mass Index on Diagnostic and Prognostic Usefulness of Amino-Terminal Pro–Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Acute Dyspnea
Author(s) -
Antoni BayésGenís
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
archives of internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3679
pISSN - 0003-9926
DOI - 10.1001/archinte.167.4.400
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , body mass index , hazard ratio , natriuretic peptide , heart failure , cardiology , gastroenterology , endocrinology , confidence interval
Amino (N)-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) testing is useful for diagnostic and prognostic evaluation in patients with dyspnea. An inverse relationship between body mass index (BMI); (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) and NT-proBNP concentrations has been described.
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