Association of cardiac and renal function with extreme N-terminal fragment Pro-B-type natriuretic peptide levels in elderly patients

Table 3 Correlation between clinical data, echocardiographic parameters, laboratory data and NT pro-BNP levels

	Univariate		Multivariate
	r	P	β	P
Age	−0.017	0.832	-	NS
BMI	−0.134	0.099	−0.151	0.058
Systolic blood pressure	−0.029	0.726	-	NS
Diastolic blood pressure	−0.122	0.134	-	NS
Echocardiographic parameters
LVEF	−0.085	0.300	-	NS
Left atrial diameter	−0.031	0.701	-	NS
Right atrial diameter	−0.093	0.254	-	NS
Interventricular septum	−0.078	0.341	-	NS
Posterior wall	−0.022	0.787	-	NS
LV diastolic dimension	0.054	0.512	-	NS
LV systolic dimension	0.028	0.730	-	NS
Fractional shortening	0.012	0.883		NS
Laboratory data
Creatinine	0.237	0.003	0.281	0.001
CK-MB	0.162	0.050	0.182	0.024
Serum albumin,	−0.078	0.337	-	NS
C-reactive protein	0.131	0.341	-	NS

NT pro-BNP, N-terminal fragment pro-B-type natriuretic peptide; NS, not significant; BMI, body mass index; SBP, systolic blood pressure; DBP, diastolic blood pressure; HF, heart failure; LV, left ventricular; CK-MB, MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase.

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