N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and stroke risk: the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke cohort.
N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide and stroke risk: the reasons for geographic and racial differences in stroke cohort.
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DOI:
10.1161/strokeaha.114.004712
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发表时间:
2014-06
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8.3
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Zakai NA
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Cushman M;Judd SE;Howard VJ;Kissela B;Gutiérrez OM;Jenny NS;Ahmed A;Thacker EL;Zakai NA
Improved identification of those at risk of stroke might improve prevention. We evaluated the association of the cardiac function biomarker N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) with stroke risk in the 30,239 black and white participants of the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke cohort. With 5.4 years follow-up after enrollment in 2003–7, NT-proBNP was measured in baseline blood samples of 546 subjects with incident ischemic stroke and 956 without stroke. NT-proBNP was higher with older age and in those with heart disease, kidney disease, atrial fibrillation and lower low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Adjusting for age, race, sex, income, education and traditional stroke risk factors there was an increased risk of stroke across quartiles of NT-proBNP; participants with NT-proBNP in the top versus the bottom quartile had a hazard ratio of 2.9 (95% CI 1.9–4.5). There was no impact of added adjustment for kidney function and heart failure. Among etiologic stroke subtypes, the association was largest for cardioembolic stroke, with a hazard ratio of 9.1 (95% CI 2.9–29.2). Associations did not differ by age, sex or race, or after excluding those with baseline heart failure or atrial fibrillation. Predicted stroke risk was more accurate in 27% of participants if NT-proBNP was considered after traditional stroke risk factors (p<0.001). NT-proBNP was a major independent risk marker for stroke. Considering this and other data for stroke, coronary disease, and atrial fibrillation, clinical use of NT-proBNP measurement in primary prevention settings should be considered.